Mudcat Café message #716043

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Thread #27262 Message #716043
Posted By: GUEST,Pinetop Slim
23-May-02 - 09:40 AM
Thread Name: Diddle-e-i-di-di - WHY?
Subject: RE: Diddle-e-i-di-di - WHY?

For what it's worth, if anything, there seem to be regional preferences in trad scat. The first version I heard of "Sourwood Mountain" had a refrain of "hey ho diddle um day." Later, I heard I.D. Stamper sing it as "hey de-ing dang diddle um day."