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Thread #95927   Message #1870601
Posted By: Joe Offer
28-Oct-06 - 03:27 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Prettiest Little Girl in the County
Subject: Lyr Add: PRETTIEST LITTLE GIRL IN THE COUNTY
Here are the versions form the site Peace linked to:



Prettiest Little Girl in the County
From originally unissued September 1924 recording of Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett. Co 140002. On Rounder LP 1023. Kickapoo Medicine Show. Actual pitch on LP is ~F# so presumably being played in G; (unlike full Skillet Lickers recording which seems to be in A) Three parts. Sing on Low part

Cornstalk fiddle and pea vine bow
Gwine take Sal to the party

Swing em like you love ‘em
The boys are not above ‘em

Prettiest little girl in the County-o
Mammy and daddy told me so
I can get her if I want to
I can get her if I want her

Little more sugar in the coffee-o
Swing Sal to the party

Swing em like you love ‘em
The boys are not above ‘em

  

Prettiest Little Girl in the County From The Skillet Lickers Volume 2. DOCD 8057. 14 6004-3 Co 15315-D.April 1928. Pitch a little flat of A; so presumably being played in A with fiddles GDAE or AEAE; (unlike the unissued 1924 recording of Gid Tanner and RileyPuckett which is probably in G)


Prettiest little girl in the County-o
Mammy and daddy wrote me so
I can get her if I want her
I can get her if I want her

 

Cornstalk fiddle and pea vine bow
Going to take Sal to the party-o

Prettiest little girl in the County-o
?Up to the glass in the parasol?
I can get her if I want her
I can get her if I want her

Swing em like you love ‘em
The boys are not above ‘em
Prettiest little girl in the County.
I can get her if I want her
Little more sugar in coffee-o
Girls dressed up in calico
?Goodness loves her cally-o?
I can get her if I want to go

Spoken:
Swing six, three in a bunch
Promenade all, take a chew tobaccer
Go left, calicos on the wall
Swing your opposite lady

Little more sugar in the coffee
Girls dressed up in calico
Huh

Spoken:
Swing that girl with the red dress on

Prettiest little girl in the County-o
Mammy and daddy told me so
I can get her if I want her
I can get her if I want her

Spoken:
I hope I get that red ear of corn