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Little Dutch Girl (See Also: "Goin' Down the River" “Boating Up the Sandy”)
Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Missouri, Oklahoma;
ARTIST: W.S. Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) from Thede;
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes; DATE: Early 1900’s
RECORDING INFO: “Little Dutch Girl” is part of the “Going Down the River/ Boating Up Sandy” family. Rounder CD0364, The Boiled Buzzards - "The Marimac Anthology: Deep in Old-Time Music." Boiled Buzzards. Fine Dining, Marimac 9043, Cas (1991), cut#A.02; Collins, Earl. That's Earl, Briar BR-4204, LP (1975), cut# 17; MacKenzie, Tom. Finally Tuned, Rooster 104, LP (1980), cut# 2a; Sauber, Tom. Devil's Box, Devil's Box DB, Ser (196?), 21/1, p35; Wilsie, Joe. Fiddle Book, Oak, Bk (1967), p 44 (Liza Jane No. 3).
Here are recording for Going Down the River/ Boating Up Sandy:
Boatin'/Going Down the River: Deseret String Band. Deseret String Band, Shanachie 79041, LP (1984), cut# 12; Fraley, J. P.. Beginning Old-time Fiddle, Oak, sof (1977), p87; Fraley, J. P. and Annadeene. Wild Rose of the Mountain, Rounder 0037, CD/ (2000/1974), cut# 17; New Lost City Ramblers. Rural Delivery No. 1, Verve/Folkways DW-90705, LP (197?), cut# 1; Old Scratch Band. Old Scratch Band, California Condor CCLP-2, LP (197?), cut# 6; Plank Road String Band. Plank Road String Band, Carryon, LP (1976), cut#B.03; Smith, Dr;'s (Champion) Hoss Hair Pullers. Echoes of the Ozarks, Vol. 2, County 519, LP (1970), cut# 9; Goforth, Gene. Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks. Volume 1, Rounder 0435, CD (1999), cut# 3; Goforth, Gene. Devil's Box, Devil's Box DB, Ser (196?), 30/3, p 8b;
Boating Up (The) Sandy: Maloy, Frank. Devil's Box, Devil's Box DB, Ser (196?), 31/1, p44; Chapman, Owen "Snake". Walnut Gap, Rounder 0418, CD (1999), cut#14; Boating Up the Sandy; Baker, Kenny; and Joe Greene. High Country, County 714, LP (1968), cut#A.01 (Boating Up Sandy); Burgess, Zeff. Singin' Gatherin', Silver Burdette, Bk (1939), p50 (Boating Up Sandy); Chapman, Owen "Snake". Fiddle Ditty, June Appal JA 0061C, Cas (1990), cut# 10; Cooper, Roger. Going Back to Old Kentucky, Rounder 0380, CD (1996), cut# 6 (Boating Up Sandy); Davenport, Clyde. Clydeoscope, County 788, LP (1986), cut# 8; Deseret String Band. Land of Milk and Honey, Okehdokee 74002, LP (1974), cut# 2b; Douglas, Wilson. Boatin' Up the Sandy, Marimac AHS 1, Cas (1989), cut# 7; Douglas, Wilson. 2nd Annual Brandywine Mountain Music Festival, "75 Tradition..., Heritage (Galax) 012, LP (1976), cut# 11 (Boating Up Sandy); Hillbillies. Fiddlers Convention in Mountain City, Tennessee, County 525, LP (1972), cut# 4; Hollow Rock String Band. Hollow Rock String Band, Rounder 0024, LP (1974), cut#B.01 (Boating Up Sandy); Hughes, Delbert. Home Recordings., Augusta Heritage AHR 015, Cas (1994), cut#B.02; Kretzner, Leo; and Jay Leibovitz. Pigtown Fling, Green Linnet SIF 1019, LP (1979), cut#B.07 (Boating Up Sandy); Levy, Bertram; and Peter Ostroushko. First Generation, Flying Fish FF-392, LP (1987), cut# 10c; Milnes, Gerry. Old Time Fiddling of Braxton County. Vol 2, Augusta Heritage AHR 013, Cas (1992), cut# 16; Smith, Paul. Devil Eat the Groundhog, Rounder 0409, CD (1999), cut# 8 (Boating Up Sandy)
OTHER NAMES: "Goin' Down the River" “Boating Up the Sandy”
RELATED TO: “Liza Jane” “Sweet Milk and Peaches,” “Flatwoods”
SOURCES: W.S. Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Pete Sutherland with Tom MacKenzie [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 142. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 85. Ceolas: A Fidler’s Companion; Sauber, Tom. Devil's Box, Devil's Box DB, Ser (196?), 21/1, p35; Wilsie, Joe. Fiddle Book, Oak, Bk (1967), p 44 (Liza Jane No. 3); Going Down the River- Fraley, J. P.. Beginning Old-time Fiddle, Oak, sof (1977), p87; Going Down the River- Goforth, Gene. Devil's Box, Devil's Box DB, Ser (196?), 30/3, p 8b; Boating Up (The) Sandy- Maloy, Frank. Devil's Box, Devil's Box DB, Ser (196?), 31/1, p44;
NOTES: A Major (Thede): G Major (Phillips). AEAE or Standard. AABB (Phillips): AABBCC (Thede).
“Little Dutch Girl” is part of the Going Down the River/ Boating Up Sandy family of songs that is related to the larger “Liza Jane” songs. Thede speculates that the tune originated in Dutchtown, Missouri.
Here are the lyrics from Thede:
Boat begin to rock, her heart begon to quiver,
I up with a rock and knocked her in the river.
Little Dutch Girl, if you don't do me better,
I'll build me a boat, float you down the river.
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