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Jinny Go Round and Around
Traditional Old-Time, Breakdown.
ARTIST: From Traditional Ballad Index (Randolph)
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: Early 1900’s (1939 Ballad Index)
RECORDING INFO: Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers, "I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham" (Okeh 45183, 1928); County 507, Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers - "Old-Time Fiddle Classics." County 543, Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers - "Red Hot Breakdown." (Tommy Jarrell). Marimac 9009, Chad Crumm - "Old Time Friends" (1987). Jay Ungar (New York) [Kuntz]. "Way Down in Rockingham," recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939 by Herbert Halpert from the playing of the Simpson County, Mississippi, Enos Canoy Band. Alden, Ray. Old Time Friends, Marimac 9009, Cas (1987), cut# 17; Barnett, Armin. Washington Traditional Fiddlers Project. Vol. 2. "Generations", Northwest Folklife, Cas (1996), cut#B.01; Cockerham, Jarrell and Jenkins. Down to the Cider Mill, County 713, LP (1968), cut# 1; Jarrell, Tommy; and Kyle Creed. June Apple, Mountain 302, LP (1972), cut# 7; Jarrell, Tommy. Come and Go With Me, County 748, LP (1974), cut# 10; Jarrell, Tommy. Old Time Herald, Old Time Herald OTH, Ser (1987-), 3/2, p43; Molsky, Bruce; and Bob Carlin. Take Me as I Am, Marimac 9023, Cas (1989), cut# 6; Red Clay Ramblers. Twisted Laurel, Flying Fish FF-030, LP (1976), cut# 4; Winston, Dave. Southern Clawhammer, Kicking Mule KM 213, Cas (1978), cut#B.01; Dickel Brothers. Dickel Brothers Volume Two, Empty Records MTR 383, LP (2000), cut#B.03; Johnson, Earl; and his Clodhoppers. Old Time Fiddle Classics, County 507, LP (1970), cut# 2; Johnson, Earl; and his Clodhoppers. Red Hot Breakdown, County 543, LP (1976), cut#B.01
RELATED TO: “Cindy;” "A Railroader for Me (Soldier Boy for Me)"
OTHER NAMES: “Rockingham Cindy,” "Way Down in Rockingham;" “Where’d You Get Your Whiskey,” "Rocky Road Cindy." “I Get My Whiskey from Rockingham”
SOURCES: Randolph 272, "Jinny Go Round and Around;" Botkin-MRFolklr, p. 589, "[Number Ninety-Nine];" Botkin-SoFolklr, p. 711, "Where'd You Get Yo' Whisky?" Courlander-NFM, pp. 121-122, "(Number Ninety-nine);" MWheeler, pp. 24-25, "Master Had a Bran' New Coat;" Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 335-336. County 507, Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers- "Old-Time Fiddle Classics." Philo 1023, Jay Ungar and Lyn Hardy- "Songs, Ballads and Fiddle Tunes" (1975. Learned from Earl Johnson's late 1920's recording).
NOTES: A Major. Standard. AAB. (Earl Johnson) (Jay Ungar)[Kuntz]. D Major. ADAE (Tommy Jarrell).
BALLAD INDEX: Almost all of these lyrics of some versions show up in one or another version of the "Cindy/Jubilee" family. The chorus "Jinny go round..." does not appear in all versions; I don't know if it is an addition to the Randolph text or if it dropped out of the usual versions sung by old-time singers. Paul Stamler notes another piece, "Rockingham Cindy"; I suspect that to be a variant of this one. Versions of “Jinny Go Round and Around” from Ceolas:
DOWN IN ROCKINGHAM: Old-Time, Fiddle Tune. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.
I GET MY WHISKEY FROM ROCKINGHAM: Old-Time, Breakdown. County 507, Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers - "Old-Time Fiddle Classics." County 543, Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers - "Red Hot Breakdown."
ROCKINGHAM CINDY: Old-Time, Breakdown & Song. D Major. ADAE (Tommy Jarrell). Marimac 9009, Chad Crumm - "Old Time Friends" (1987).
ROCKY ROAD CINDY: Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, north Georgia. A Major. Standard. AAB. Source for notated version: Jay Ungar (New York) [Kuntz].
WHERE'D YOU GIT YOUR WHISKEY? Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. Probably a version of the tune "Rockingham Cindy" or "Way Down in Rockingham" Recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939 by Herbert Halpert from the playing of the Simpson County, Mississippi, Enos Canoy Band.
“Jinny Go Round and Around” Lyrics:
Verse: Where did you get your whiskey?
Where did you get your dram?
I got it from a little girl
Way down in Rockingham.
Chorus: Jinny go round an' around
Jinny go round an' around
Jinny go round an' around
Way down in Rockingham.
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