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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: pig in a pen From: Charley Noble Date: 27 Dec 11 - 07:47 AM I'm thinking there was also a chorus and maybe it will come back to me as I process long-buried brain files. This ditty was part of a set of songs I first learned a party around 1960, along with "Bile That Cabbage Down." Cheerily, Charley Noble |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: pig in a pen From: GUEST,999 Date: 27 Dec 11 - 01:00 AM Bluegrass Picker's Tune Book - Google Books Result |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: pig in a pen From: GUEST,E P Dixon Date: 26 Dec 11 - 05:40 PM Heard something like this on an old version: Went to see my best girl Asked her to be wed Said she wouldn't marry me 'Till all the boys were dead. |
Subject: RE: Lyrics req: pig in a pen From: GUEST,Q Date: 16 Jan 03 - 05:15 PM Words are whatever old couplets that fit the meter. Several of those above come from old Negro and minstrel songs. This reminds me of a similar "goin'" lyric: Goin' to the race track To see my pony run If I win any money Goin'-ta give that woman some. If I had a jug of rum And sugar by the pound A silver spoon to stir it with I'd treat them ladies 'round I think these came from American Negro Folk Songs, Newman L. White. |
Subject: Author Credit: Pig In A Pen From: Genie Date: 16 Jan 03 - 04:38 PM The liner notes for Old & In The Way's album "Breakdown" say that Pig In A Pen was "composed by Grand Ole Opry fiddler Arthur Smith, who recorded it with The Delmore Brothers in 1937." They go on to say that as the song "became a favorite with old-time musicians," it "garner[ed] added verses from the old mountain lyric song traditions." In Old & In The Way's Version "Jerry [Garcia] sings the same verses as Carter Stanley, which are different from those sung by Smith." Their verses, FWIW, are pretty much the same as those above, in a different order, with two omitted: Chorus: I got a pig home in a pen, Corn to feed him on. All I need's a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone Bake them biscuits, baby, Bake 'em good and brown. When you get them biscuits baked We're Alabama Bound Goin o'er the mountain to sow a little cane. Put that old Grey bonnet on, little Liza Jane. Dark clouds a' rising, Sure sign of rain. Get your old grey bonnet on, Sweet little Liza Jane |
Subject: Lyr Add: PIG IN A PEN From: Max Date: 14 Aug 98 - 12:23 PM I got a pig home in a pen Corn to feed him on All I need's a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone
Goin up on the mountain
Goin up on the mountain
Dark clouds a' rising
Yonder comes that gal of mine
Bake them biscuits, baby |
Subject: Lyrics req: pig in a pen From: brooke borner (brooke@huntoilexpl.com) Date: 14 Aug 98 - 12:07 PM Seems like evryone would know the lyrics to Pig in a Pen, but don't. I've been having trouble finding good bluegrass lyrics on the web, especially for traditionals. Can anybody help me out? Thanks |
Subject: need lyrics to pig in a pen From: Date: 06 Jun 98 - 10:49 AM hi there you all Could someone send me the words to pig in a pen send to psalazar@west.net Thanks |
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