Lyr Req: Hot Corn Cold Corn

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hot corn cold corn bring along .....
From: Chicken Charlie
Date: 10 Apr 01 - 05:14 PM

Kendall--"Porta-John?" That's a great Maundegreen.

Now for seriousness. Leadbelly did this also; in Southern dialect (Black or Cracker matters not; I'm a Cracker descendant so I can say that) demijohn becomes "Jimmie-John." Leadbelly also sort of "fractured" the lyrics. When he got to the verse Al quoted for us, he sang it:

Two little boys they call me Papa;
One named "Sop" and the other named "Gravy."
Stand around, stand around the Jimmie-John (x3 or x4 or x till you get tired.)

Green corn, gwine tell Polly.
Green corn, come along Cholly. etc.

And that leads to the standard Cracker sop/gravy joke. Several of these things were told to me as if they really happened to relatives and only later did I discover (college education is broadening) that these were like rural urban-legends. Anyway, poor hillbilly goes to slightly more well-to-do home for dinner; comes back; parents or somebody asks how it went. Says, "Oh, twern't nothin'. They had somethin' they called "GRAY-VYE," but it twern't nothin' but common sop." Chickaboom!

Someday I might visit Kings County, Alabama, and see for myself.

Chicken Charlie

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hot corn cold corn bring along .....
From: kendall
Date: 10 Apr 01 - 11:31 AM

I thought that was...hot corn cold corn bring along a "porta John"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hot corn cold corn bring along .....
From: GUEST,Al Lubanes
Date: 10 Apr 01 - 11:24 AM

All I need to make me happy Two little boys a-calling me pappy One named Bill, one named Davy Like their biscuits sopped in gravy Yes Sir!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hot corn cold corn bring along .....
From: Pinetop Slim
Date: 03 Jun 00 - 09:03 AM

Little Richard and, bless my white bucks, Pat Boone recorded pretty much those same lyrics as part of "Long Tall Sally" around 1957. It was a good song, but no "Tutti Frutti."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hot corn cold corn bring along .....
From: Jacob B
Date: 02 Jun 00 - 10:48 PM

That's not the way I remember the Holy Modal Rounder's version:

Uncle Tom talking to Long Tall Sally
He saw Aunt Mary, and he jumped back in the alley
Long Tall Sally, she's built for speed
She's got everything that your Uncle Tom needs
Yes sir!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hot corn cold corn bring along .....
From: Gypsy
Date: 02 Jun 00 - 04:13 PM

You haven't lived until you've heard David Grisman and David Garcia do this...have the tape. WONDERFUL!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hot corn cold corn bring along .....
From: GUEST,Pete Peterson at work
Date: 02 Jun 00 - 01:40 PM

Whenever I get togther with friends and sing this we ahve to agree in advance on the last line of the chorus. The one I know is
Fare the well, my pretty girl, I'll see you in the morning

Who could ever forget the Holy Modal Rounders last verse
Saw uncle Tom with bald-hdeaded Sally
Saw Mary coming and he jumped back in the alley
Old Aunt Mary she's-a-built for speed
she's got everything that our uncle Tom needs, YES SIR

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hot corn cold corn bring along .....
From: DADGBE
Date: 02 Jun 00 - 11:05 AM

A little folk processing here: we sing the last line of verse 1;
"See uncle Bill just a-grousing and a-bitching, yes sir."

Subject: Lyr Add: HOT CORN, COLD CORN
From: Pene Azul
Date: 02 Jun 00 - 01:25 AM

Got it from Gary's Patio.

HOT CORN, COLD CORN

(Chorus) Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
Hot corn, cold corn, bring along a demijohn
Fare thee well, uncle Bill, see you in the morning, yes sir

1. Well it's upstairs downstairs down in the kitchen
Upstairs downstairs down in the kitchen
Upstairs downstairs down in the kitchen
See uncle Bill just a-raring and pitching, yes sir

Chorus:

2. Well it's old aunt Peggy won't you fill 'em up again
Old aunt Peggy won't you fill 'em up again
Old aunt Peggy won't you fill 'em up again
Ain't had a drink since I don't know when, yes sir

Chorus:

3. Well yonder comes the preacher and the children are a-crying
Yonder comes the preacher and the children are a-crying
Yonder comes the preacher and the children are a-crying
Chickens are a-hollering and toenails a-flying, yes sir

Chorus:

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hot corn cold corn bring along .....
From: GUEST,ruby
Date: 02 Jun 00 - 12:42 AM

no i wasnt thanx anyway its an old bluegrass tune somthin like hot corn cold corn bring along a demijohn oh lord.... etc

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hot corn cold corn bring along .....
From: Pene Azul
Date: 02 Jun 00 - 12:32 AM

Are you looking for "The Irish Jubilee"? Here are the lyrics in the DT.

PA

Subject: hot corn cold corn bring along .......
From: GUEST,ruby
Date: 02 Jun 00 - 12:19 AM

i heard this song and licked it ,anyone got lyrics or chords? thanx