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Little Lady Goin’ to the Country/Sal’s Got a Meatskin
Traditional Old-Time Breakdown; Southeast US.
ARTIST: Uncle Whit Walker
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes; DATE: Early 1900’s
RECORDING INFO: "Sal Got a Meatskin Laid Away" by Doc Roberts 1928 on Gnt uniss. New Lost City Ramblers. New Lost City Ramblers, Disc D 102, LP (196?), cut# 8; New Lost City Ramblers. New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 3, Folkways FA 2398, LP (1961), cut# 15; Cliff & Bill Carlisle, "Sal Got a Meatskin" (Panacord 25639, 1930s, on TimesAint03); Cliff Carlisle, "Sal Got a Meat Skin" (Vocalion 02740, 1934, probably a different recording from that by Cliff & Bill Carlisle); New Lost City Ramblers. New Lost City Ramblers, Disc D 102, LP (196?), trk# 8; New Lost City Ramblers. New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 3, Folkways FA 2398, LP (1961), trk# 15; New Lost City Ramblers. Cohen, John, Mike Seeger & Hally Wood / Old Time String Band Songbook, Oak, Sof (1976/1964), p 63; New Lost City Ramblers. Sing Out! Reprints, Sing Out, Sof (196?), 7, p24.
RELATED TO: Sally Ann; Dineo; Pork Fat Makes My Chicken Tan; Wish I Had My Time Again; Quit that Ticklin' Me (Tune); Fling Ding; Apple Blossom; Par-Tee-O; Great Big Taters [in Sandy Land]; Sail Away Ladies;
OTHER NAMES: "Sal Got A Sugarlip" "Sal Got a Meatskin,"
SOURCES: Mudcat DT; Kuntz; Meade; Folk Index; Traditional Ballad Index; “Sal Got a Meatskin” New Lost City Ramblers. Old-Time String Band Songbook, Oak, Sof (1964/1976), p 63; Cohen/Seeger/Wood, p. 63, "Sal's Got a Meatskin;" Silber-FSWB, p. 156, "Sal Got A Meatskin;"
NOTES: The favorite tune of black fiddler Uncle Whit Walker, who influenced W.C. Handy (W.C. Handy - "Father of the Blues", 1941; pg. 6).
The tune is part of the large “Sally Ann” family of tunes. The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's as “Sal’s Got a Wooden Leg Laid Away.” For other versions see the closely related, "Great Big Taters in Sandy Land."
A "meatskin" is fat pork, used to grease a pan and as an anti-inflammatory folk medicine. Sometimes, it refers to a maidenhead.
Here are the lyrics:
Little Lady Goin’ to the Country/ SAL’S GOT A MEAT SKIN
Sally got a meatskin laid away
Sally got a meatskin laid away
Sally got a meatskin laid away
To grease her wooden leg every day.
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