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Jinny Get Your Hoecake Done/Jenny Get Your Hoecake Done
Traditional Old-Time, Breakdown.
ARTIST: From Ballad index; New Mules; Joel Sweeney
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: Joel Walker Sweeney 1940
RECORDING INFO: Jinny Jenny Get Your Hoecakes Done
Barton, Cathy; and Dave Para. On a Day Like Today, Folk Legacy FSI 107, LP (1986), trk# 2a
Jenny Get Your Oatcake Done
Us - Whip Jamboree
RELATED TO: “Whip Jamboree”
OTHER NAMES: “Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done,”
SOURCES: Folk index; Ballad Index;
NOTES: "Jinny Get Your Hoe Cake Done" AKA "Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done"is as a banjo and fiddle tune from the minstrel era banjoist Joel Walker Sweeney (ca. 1810 - 1860) which was published in 1840 under the "Jenny" title.
Ballad Index Notes: Jinny Get Your Hoecake Done
DESCRIPTION: Fiddler's mnemonic for a moderately well-known tune: "Jinny, get your hoecake done, my love, Jinny, get your hoecake done; Jinny, get your hoecake done, my love, Jinny, get your hoecake done."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Fuson)
KEYWORDS: dancetune nonballad food
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fuson, p. 158, "The Hoe-Cake" (eighth of 12 single-stanza jigs) (1 short text)
ST Fus158C (Full)
Here are the original mistrel lyrics, edited:
"Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done" (1840); The Celebrated Banjo Song,
as sung with great Applause at the Broadway Circus,
by Joel Walker Sweeney, ca. 1810 - 1860
1. De hen and chickens went to roost,
De hawk flew down and hit de goose
He hit de ole hen in de back
I really believe dam am a fac,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done my dear,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done.
2. As I was gwain lond de road,
Past a stump dar wad a toad.
De tadpole winked at Pollewog's daughter,
And kick'd de bull frog plump in de water.
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done my dear,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done, love!
3. High heel boot widout any strap,
Hand me down my leghorn hat,
Ise gwine to de Astor to dine,
I won't be back till half past nine
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done my dear,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done, love!
4. Massa and Missus gwain away,
Left home for de break ob day,
Den you har de white folks say,
Stan clar and det de banjo play --
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done my dear,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done, love!
5. Apple cider, un percimmon beer,
Christmas comes but once a year,
Ginger puddin and pumkin pie,
Gray cat kick dat black cat's eye
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done my dear,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done, love!
6. Massa un Misse promise me
When dey died to set me free,
Now dey both are dead and gone,
Left ole Sambo hoeing out corn
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done my dear,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done, love!
7. Old Massa, and Misse;
Da left home one morning- great about day;
And den you har dat feller say,
Gi me down de banjo and let de nigger play!
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done my dear,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done, love!
8. You eat me sugar, and drink my tea,
And ran about de old field and talk about me;
Dare was a feller in de gutter and turned right about
And up stept Jo and got his [- - -],
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done my dear,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done, love!
9. Dare was a frog jumped out de spring,
It was so cold he couldn't sing,
He tied his tail to a hickory stump,
He rared an pitched but he couldn't make a jump,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done my dear,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done, love!
10. The old hen and chickens at the stack,
And old hawk flew down amongst de pack,
And struck the old hen whack a-middle ob de back,
And I really do believe dat tis a fact.
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done my dear,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done, love!
11. Now white folks, I'd hab you to know,
Dare is no music like de old banjo,
And if you want to hear it ring,
Jist watch this finger on de string.
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done my dear,
Oh, Jenny get de hoe cake done, love!
The song is in the repertoire of the old-time group, The New Mules, who sing:
The hen and chickens went to roost
The hawk flew down and bit the goose
He bit the old hen on the back
And I do believe that is a fact.
Chorus: Jenny get your hoe cake done, done
Jenny get your hoe cake done.
High heel boot without any strap
Hand me down my leghorn hat
I'm goin' to the Astor House to dine
And I won't be back 'til half past nine.
Chorus
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