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Hot Corn, Cold Corn (See Also: Green Corn)
Old-Time, Song Tune- southeast.
ARTIST: From African-American collector Thomas Talley, in his book Negro Folk Rhymes.
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: Early 1900's;
RECORDING INFO: New Lost City Ramblers, "Hot Corn" (on NLCR03) Ensign, Bob; and the Stump Jumpers. Mountain Guitar Pickin', Rural Rhythm RRBE 255, LP (197?), cut#B.04. Holy Modal Rounders. Holy Modal Rounders, Fantasy 24711, LP (1972), cut#2.02. New Lost City Ramblers. New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 3, Folkways FA 2398, LP (1961), cut# 12. New Lost City Ramblers. Old-Time String Band Songbook, Oak, Sof (1964/1976), p164. New Lost City Ramblers. 20th Aniversery Concert, Flying Fish FF 090, LP (1986), cut#A.02. Reno, Don; Bill Harrell and the Tenn. Cutups. Don Reno and Bill Harrell with the Tennesse Cutups, Rural Rhythm RR 171, LP (196?), cut# 5. Warner, Jeff; and Jeff Davis. Days of Forty Nine, Minstrel JD-206, LP (1977), cut#A.01. Wry Straw. From Earth to Heaven, June Appal JA 0028, LP (1978), cut# 4c; Champion 45065 (78 RPM), Asa Martin & Ray Hobbs (1928). June Appal JA 028, Wry Straw - "From Earth to Heaven" (1978). Perfect 6-03-52, Doc Roberts (Ky.).
OTHER NAMES: “Green Corn;” “Green Corn, Come Along Charlie;” “I'll Meet You in the Evening;” “Barnyard Banjo Pickin'.”
RELATES TO: Black-Eyed Susie- Green Corn
SOURCES: Randolph 267, "I'll Meet You in the Evening;" New Lost City Ramblers Songbook (pgs. 180-181); Cohen/Seeger/Wood, pp. 164-165, "Hot Corn".
NOTES: A nonsense song popular with both blacks and whites, according to Charles Wolfe. It is attributed by a least one source to singer and guitarist Asa Martin of Estill County, Ky., a sometimes accompanist of fiddler Doc Roberts, although Talley's version seems to be from tradition. The famous bluegrass duo Flatt and Scruggs performed it under this title.
African-American collector Thomas Talley, in his book Negro Folk Rhymes (reprinted in 1991, edited by Charles Wolfe), published a version under the title "Bring on Your Hot Corn," apparently the first time it appeared in print, although Randolf (2:342-343) has a version called "I'll Meet You in the Evening." Wolfe points out it was recorded by Leadbelly as "Green Corn, Come Along Charlie."
Talley's version goes:
Bring along yo hot co'n,
Bring along yo hot co'n;
But I say bring along,
Bring along yo *Jimmy-John.
Some loves de hot co'n,
Some loves de cold co'n,
But I loves, I loves,
I loves dat Jimmy-John.
*whiskey jug
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