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Old Bangum (and his Boar)/Old Bang 'Em/Wild Hog In the Woods
Traditional Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, southwestern Va., Kentucky;
ARTIST: From Mrs. Ruby Bowman Plemmons (Washington D.C.). Taylor Kimble (Va.) does an instrumental banjo version recorded in 1981.
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes. DATE: Early recording date 1931
"Wild Hog In The Woods (instrumental)" Lonesome Luke and his Farm Hands.
RECORDING INFO: Abrahams, Roger D.. Abrahams, Roger; & George Foss / Anglo-American Folksong Style, Prentice-Hall, Sof (1968), 3.11
Brand, Oscar. Songs Inane Only, Riverside RLP 12-835, LP (1958), trk# B.08
Broghton, Mollie. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 55/# 9C [1917/05/10] (Sir Lionel)
Dashiell, Mrs. Langdon. Scarborough, Dorothy (ed.) / A Song Catcher in the Southern Mountains, AMS, Bk (1966/1937), p192,407 [1930ca] (Ole Bangum)
Dyer-Bennet, Richard. With Young People in Mind, Dyer-Bennet 6, LP (1958), trk# A.02
Gellert, Dan. Young Fogies, Heritage (Galax) 056, LP (198?), trk# 32
Hamner, Clara. Wolfe, Charles K.(ed.) / Folk Songs of Middle Tennessee. George Boswell, Univ. Tennesse, Sof (1997), p 18/# 8 [1953/12/10]
Hayes, Jim;, Jr.. Chase, Richard (ed.) / American Folk Tales and Songs, Dover, sof (1971/1956), p126 [1930-40's]
Hemingway, Adelaide. Lomax, John A. & Alan Lomax / Our Singing Country, MacMillan, Sof (2000/1941), p149 [1939]
Henry, Violet. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 55/# 9D [1917/05/21] (Sir Lionel)
Herring, Merritt. Precious Memories, Herring 31351, CD (199?), trk# 2 (Bangum and the Boar/Bo')
Hicks, Buna. Traditional Music of Beech Mountain, NC, Vol I, Folk Legacy FSA 022, LP (1964), trk# 2 [1961-63] (Sir Lionel)
Hicks, Dee. Five Miles Out of Town: Traditional Music from Cumberla... Vol.2, County 787, LP (1986), trk# 10 [1977-82]
Hicks, Dee. Old Time Herald, Old Time Herald, Ser, 4/8, p43(1995) [?] (Bangum and the Boar/Bo')
Hightower, Mrs. Paul. Moore, Ethel & Chauncey O.(ed.) / Ballads and Folk Songs of the Southwes, Univ. of Okla, Bk (1964), p 29/# 10A [1940s] (Bangum Rode the Riverside)
Loomes, Jon. Fearful Symmetry, Fellside FECD 186, CD (2005), trk# 12 (Wild Boar)
McCurdy, Ed. Ballad Record, Riverside RLP 12-601, LP (1955), trk# A.10
Mitchell, Howie. Howie Mitchell, Folk Legacy FSI 005, LP (1962), trk# B.02
Payne, Frank. Randolph, Vance / Ozark Folksongs. Volume I, British Ballads and Songs, Univ. of Missouri, Bk (1980/1946), p 72/# 7 [1934/05/14]
Pittser, A. H.. Moore, Ethel & Chauncey O.(ed.) / Ballads and Folk Songs of the Southwes, Univ. of Okla, Bk (1964), p 30/# 10B [1940s]
Rice, Mrs. Tom. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 54/# 9A [1916/08/16] (Sir Lionel)
Ritchie, Jean. British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains (Vol. 1), Folkways FA 2301, LP (1961), trk# 9
Seeger, Peggy. Long Harvest. Traditional Ballads in their English, Scots and..., Argo ZDA 69, LP (1967), trk# A.05 (Wild Boar)
Seeger, Peggy. Long Harvest. Traditional Ballads in their English, Scots and..., Argo ZDA 69, LP (1967), trk# A.07 (Ole Bangum)
Smith, Betty; and Chisholm, N. B. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, I, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p 54/# 9B [1916/09/27] (Sir Lionel)
Smoke Creek. Smoke Creek, Smoke Creek SCC 9714, Cas (1996), trk# 7
Stevenson, Nancy McCuddy. McNeil, W. K. (ed.) / Southern Folk Ballads, Vol 2, August House, Sof (1988), p157 [1953-55] (Ole Bangum)
Stiles, Eddie. Niles, John Jacob / Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles, Bramhall House, Bk (1961), p 81/N 13C [1934/06]
Wilson, Ella. Niles, John Jacob / Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles, Bramhall House, Bk (1961), p 77/N 13A [1936/08]
Workman, Nimrod; and Phyllis Boyens. Passing Thru the Garden, June Appal JA 001, LP (1975/1972), trk# B.04 (Quil O' Quay)
RELATED TO: Wild Hog in the Woods (Ballad); Blow Your Horn Hunter; Sir Eglamore
OTHER NAMES: Isaac-a-Bell and Hugh the Graeme; Bold Sir Rylas; Jovial Hunter (of Broomsgrove); Brangywell; Old Bang 'Em
SOURCES: Taylor Kimble (Va.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 171. Flying Fish FF-275, "The Blue Flame Stringband" (1982. Learned from Pete Sutherland). Heritage XXXIII, Kimble Family (Va.) - "Visits" (1981). Marimac 9000, Dan Gellert & Shoofly - "Forked Deer" (1986. Learned from Brad Leftwich). Marimac 9036, the Kimble Family - "Carroll County Pioneers." Rounder 0010, The Fuzzy Mountain String Band (1972. Learned from southwestern Va. fiddler Taylor Kimble).
NOTES: . A Dorian (Phillips): D Dorian (Fuzzy Mtn. String Band). AEAE or GDGD (Taylor Kimble). One part. Alan Jabbour says (regarding some instrumental versions) the tune is "almost certainly" an instrumental adaptation of the tune used in the Appalachians for the ballad "Bangum and the Boar" (Child 18) or "Old Bangum." There are words collected by Henry Galssie in 1962 from Mrs. Ruby Bowman Plemmons (Washington, D.C.), who learned them from her mother who lived in Laurel Fork, southwestern Va. Another version was recorded for the Library of Congress from Dan Tate. Guthrie Meade (1980) points out the tune's high part is the same as the tune "Fun's All Over."
Lyrics to Old Bangum:
There is a wild hog in yonders woods
(diddle on down, diddle on day)
There is a wild hog in yonders woods
(diddleon down the day)
There is a wild hog in these woods,
That eats men and seeks their blood.
(Cut him down, cut him down, catch/kill him if you can).
There comes a wild hog through yonders mash (marsh?)
Splitting his way through oaks and ash.
We followed that wild hog to his den,
Found the bones of a thousand men.
We followed that wild hog day and night,
Swore we'd make that wild hog fight.
We killed that hog with sticks and knife,
Swore we'd take that wild hog's life.
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