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Blue Goose/Sally Ann
Old-time and Bluegrass breakdown; Southeast US; Widely known
ARTIST: "Blue Goose" Rufus Crisp; On a Folkways recording titled Rufus Crisp
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes
DATE: First in print 1918 collected by Cecil Sharp in Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians II, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p351/# 240; First Recording by Hillbillies 1925;
RECORDING INFO: Horseflies (Tompkins County Horsefiles). Fresh Oldtime String Band Music, Rounder 0262, LP (1988?), trk# 9 (Pork Fat Makes My Chicken Tan); Blue Ridge Highballers 1926 (Darneo); Williams Family. All in the Family, Arkansas Traditions 004, LP (1986), trk# A.07 (Dineo); Wood, Charlie. Old Originals, Vol. 1, Rounder 0057, LP (1978), trk# 10 (Dineo); Ashby, John; and the Free State Ramblers. Old Virginia Fiddling, County 727, LP (1970), trk# 4; Ashley, Clarence (Thomas/Tom). Folk Box, Elektra EKL-9001, LP (1964), trk# 70; Atwater-Donnelly. Where the Wild Birds Do Whistle, RIM 1005-2, CD (1997), trk# 2b; Baugus, Riley (Alvin). Life of Riley, Yodel-Ay-Hee 038, CD (2001), trk# 7; Blevins, Frank; and His Tarheel Rattlers. It'll Never Happen Again. Old Time String Bands, Vol. 1, Marimac 9110, Cas (198?), trk# 16 [1927/11/08] (Sally Aim); Brush Creek Cut-Ups. Fiddler's Grove. Old Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass ... 1975. Vol. 6, Galaxie, LP (1975), trk# 36; Burke, John. Fancy Pickin' and Plain Singing, Kicking Mule KM 202, LP (1977), trk# B.04; Burris, Otis; and Fortune. Otis Burris and Fortune, Heritage (Galax) 073C, Cas (1989), trk# 13; Camp Creek Boys. Original Camp Creek Boys Through the Years, Mountain 312, LP (197?), trk# 4; Carlton, Gaither. Clawhammer Banjo. Vol 2 [More Clawhammer Banjo], County CD 2717/717, LP (2003/1969), trk# 13 (Omie Let Your Bangs Hang Down); Caudill, Clell. Old Originals, Vol. 2, Rounder 0058, LP (1978), trk# 6; Childress, Ray. Old Time Fiddling at Union Grove. The 38th Annual Old-Time Fi..., Prestige 14039, LP (1964), trk# B.03; Cockerham, Fred; and Tommy Jarrell. Back Home in the Blue Ridge, County 723, LP (1970?), trk# A.01; Cockerham, Fred; and Oscar Jenkins. Back Home in the Blue Ridge, County 723, LP (1970?), trk# B.02; Cunningham, John. Border Bandit, Cunningham, CD (200?), trk# 18; Delaware Water Gap. From the Rivers of Babylon to the Land of Jazz, Kicking Mule KM 205, LP (1979), trk# B.01; DePaur Chorus. Bicentennial Celebration, Columbia M 33838, LP (1975), trk# B.04; Dunford, Pat. Old Time Banjo in America, Kicking Mule KM 204, LP (1978), trk# 11 [1975ca]; East, Earnest; & the Pine Ridge Boys. More Goodies from the Hills, Union Grove SS-3, LP (1969), trk# 3; East, Earnest; & the Pine Ridge Boys. Old Time Mountain Music, County 718, LP (1969), trk# 1; Ellis, Tony. Dixie Banner, Flying Fish FF-444, LP (1986), trk# 4; Flatt & Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys. Foggy Mountain Banjo, Columbia LE 10043, LP (196?), trk# 3; Flippen, Benton. Old Times, New Times, Rounder 0326, Cas (198?), trk# 27; Fraley, J. P. and Annadeene. Maysville. Old Time Fiddle Tunes, Rounder 0351, Cas (1995), trk# B.03; Freeny's Barn Dance Band. Traditional Fiddle Music of Mississippi, Vol. 2, County 529, LP (1975), trk# 5 [1930/12/16] (Mississippi Square Dance); Fuzzy Mountain String Band. Fuzzy Mountain String Band, Rounder 0010, LP (1972), trk# A.05; Gaskin, Phyllis. Mountain Dulcimer - Galax Style, Heritage (Galax) 094C, Cas (1991), trk# 4; Golden Harmony String Band. Room at the Top, JHU, LP (197?), trk# A.05b; Harold and Abe. Sweet Sunny South, Heritage (Galax) 043, LP (1984), trk# 2 (Shake That Little Foot Dineo) ; Hash, Albert; and the Whitetop Mountain Band. Albert Hash and the Whitetop Mountain Band, Heritage (Galax) 025, LP (1979), trk# 1; Heartbeats. Living Black and White, Marimac 9048, Cas (1991), trk# 7; Higgins, Russell. Old-Time Banjo Anthology, Vol. 1, Marimac AHS 4, Cas (1991), trk# 20 [1976/12]; Hill, Dudley. From A Northern Family, Voyager VLRP 317-S, LP (197?), trk# 9; Hollow Rock String Band. Hollow Rock String Band, Rounder 0024, LP (1974), trk# A.04; Homefolks. Last Chance, June Appal JA 0033, LP (1980), trk# A.07; Hooven, Greg. Tribute to Fred Cockerham, Heritage (Galax) 079C, Cas (1993), trk# A.06; Hopkins, Al; and his Buckle Busters. Hill Billies, County 405, LP (1973), trk# B.01 [1925/01/25]; Howard, Clint. Old-Time Music at Clarence Ashley's. Part 1, Folkways FA 2355, LP (1961), trk# 1 [1961] Hughes, Delie. Sharp, Cecil & Maude Karpeles / Eighty English Folk Songs from the So..., MIT Press, Sof (1968), p 84 [1917c]; Hughes, Delie. Sharp & Karpeles / English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians II, Oxford, Bk (1932/1917), p351/# 240 [1918/10/09]; Iron Mountain String Band (Calif.). Someday We'll Meet Again, Folkways FA 3836, LP (1981), trk# A.01; Jarrell, Tommy; and Kyle Creed. June Apple, Mountain 302, LP (1972), trk# 2; Jarrell, Tommy. Come and Go With Me, County 748, LP (1974), trk# 7; Johnnie and Jack (Johnny and Jack). Anthology of Country Music, Vol 16. Early Country Live, ACM ACM-16, LP (197?), trk# B.08; Krassen, Miles. Krassen, Miles / Clawhammer Banjo, Oak, sof (1974), p24; Lettuce Rock String Band. Fiddler's Grove. Old Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass ... 1975. Vol. 6, Galaxie, LP (1975), trk# 29; Lundy, Ted; Bob Paisley & the Southern Mountain.... Lovesick and Sorrow, Rounder 0107, LP (1978), trk# 3; Lundy, Ted. 39th National Folk Festival, NCTA NCTA 77, LP (1977), trk# A.06; Mainer, Wade. From the Maple on the Hill, Old Homestead OHTRS 4000, LP (1976), trk# A.01 Marion, Carlie. Going Across the River to Hear my Banjo Ring, Marimac 9018, Cas (1988), trk# 6; MCutcheon, John. Fine Times at Our House, Greenhays GR 710, LP (1982), trk# 9; Melton, Isaac. Old Five String, Vol 2, Heritage (Galax) 052, Cas (1991), trk# 7; Michels, Amy. Fowl Farmer, Michels, CD (2002), trk# 21; Miller, Sonny. Philadelphia Folk Festival, Vol. 1 (1962), Prestige International PRI 13071, LP (196?), trk# 7; Miller, Sonny. Folk Songs with the Seegers, Prestige PR 7375, LP (1965), trk# 22 Miller, Sonny. Hootenanny!, Prestige Folklore 14020, LP (1963), trk# B.04; Milton, George. Old Time Fiddling of Braxton County. Vol 2, Augusta Heritage AHR 013, Cas (1992), trk# 6 [1991/12] (Skip Light Ladies); Moore, Gary Lee. Washington Traditional Fiddlers Project. Vol. 2. "Generations", NW Folklife, Cas (1996), trk# A.01; Mountain Ramblers. 37th Old-Time Fiddler's Convention, Folkways FA 2434, LP (1962), trk# 20; Mountain Ramblers. Mountain Ramblers, County 720, LP (1969), trk# 12; Naess, Burk. 51st Annual Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, Heritage (Galax) 703, LP (1987), trk# 5; Old Hollow String Band. Tribute to Tommy Jarrell, Heritage (Galax) 063, LP (1986), trk# 7; Old Timers. 37th Old-Time Fiddler's Convention, Folkways FA 2434, LP (1962), trk# 10; Osborne, Uncle Charlie (Charlie N.). 100 Years Farther On, June Appal JA 0064C, Cas (199?), trk# 16; Perry, Buck. 38th Annual Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, 1973, Gazette 38, LP (1973), trk# 21; Phillips, Theopolis Lacey. Music from the Hills of Caldwell County, Physical 12-001, LP (1975), trk# 13; Pine River Boys with Maybelle. Wild Hog in the Woods, Heritage (Galax) 021 (XXI), LP (1978), trk# B.01; Roan Mountain Hilltoppers. Down Home, Roan Mountain, CD (2000), trk# 23 [1982/02]; Roberts, Fiddlin' Doc. Classic Fiddle Tunes, Davis Unlimited DU 33015, LP (197?), trk# 9 [1931/03/05]; Roberts, Fiddlin' Doc. Titon, Jeff Todd / Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes, Kentucky, Bk/ (2001), p169/#143 [1931/03/05]; Roberts, Fiddlin' Doc. Brody, David (ed.) / Fiddler's Fakebook, Oak, Sof (1983), p245; Roberts, Fiddlin' Doc. Fiddlin' Doc Roberts. Complete Recorded Wor..., Vol 3. 1930-1934, Document DOCD 8044, CD (1999), trk# 5 [1931/05/03] Rose, Buddy. Down Home Pickin', Dominion NR 3319, LP (197?), trk# B.02; Schwarz, Tracy. Dancing Bow and Singing Strings, Folkways FTS-6524, LP (1979), trk# B.02; Scruggs, Junie. American Banjo - Tunes and Songs in Scruggs Style, Folkways FA 2314, LP (1966), trk# A.11b; Smathers, Luke; String Band. In Full Swing, June Appal JA 0032, LP (1981), trk# 8; Smith, Glen (West Va). Say Old Man, Marimac AHS 3, Cas (1990), trk# B.05; Smith, Hobart. Hobart Smith, Folk Legacy FSA-017, LP (1964), trk# 5; Smokey Valley Boys. Smokey Valley Boys, Rounder 0029, LP (1974), trk# 10 ; Snow, Kilby. Union Grove, The Hub of the Universe, Union Grove SS-4, LP (1970), trk# 13 [1970/04]; Space City String Band. 38th Annual Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, 1973, Gazette 38, LP (1973), trk# 13; Staggers, J. C. "Jake". Rosenbaum, Art (ed.) / Folk Visions & Voices. Traditional Music & So...., University of Georgia, Bk (1983), p 82 [1981/07/25]; Stoneman, Ernest; and the Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers. Day in the Mountains, County 512, LP (196?), trk# 7d [1928/02/22] (Possum Trot School Exhibition); Stoneman, George. 28th Annual Galax Old Fiddlers Convention. Galax, Virginia 1963, Kanawha 302, LP (1963), trk# 13; Stoneman, George. Galax Virginia; Old Fiddler's Convention, Folkways FA 2435, LP (1964), trk# B.08 [1961-63]; Stoneman, George. Southern Journey. Vol. 2: Ballads and Breakdowns, Rounder 1702, CD (1997), trk# 10 [1959/08/28]; Strange Creek Singers. Strange Creek Singers, Arhoolie 4004, LP (1972), trk# 5; Thieme, Art. Outright Bold-Faced Lies, Kicking Mule KM 150, LP (1977), trk# 2; Thomasson, Benny. Tenino Old Time Music Festival. 1973-74, Voyager VRLP 313-S, LP (1974), trk# 5; Traum, Happy. Woodstock Mountains. More Music From Mud Acres, Rounder 3018, LP (1977), trk# B.05; Trischka, Tony. Trischka, Tony / Banjo Songbook, Oak, Sof (1978), p 84; Wakefield, Frank; & The Good Ol' Boys. Frank Wakefield and the Good Old Boys, Flying Fish FF-049, LP (1977), trk# 7; Ward, Wade. Clawhammer Banjo, County CD 2716/701, CD/ (2002/1966), trk# 4 [1964/10]; Ward, Wade. Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward, Folkways FA 2363, LP (1962), trk# B.14 [1957/08] ; Ward, Wade. Uncle Wade. A Memorial to Wade Ward, Old Time Virginia Banjo ..., Folkways FA 2380, LP (1973), trk# 21; Wear, DeWayne; and the Great Wear Family. Hoe Down! Vol. 4, Rural Rhythm RR 121, LP (197?), trk# 27; West Orrtana String Band. Orrtana Home Companion, Revonah RS-932, LP (1978), trk# B.06
RELATED TO: Sail Away Ladies/Lady; Pork Fat Makes My Chicken Tan; Quit that Ticklin' Me (Tune); Fling Ding; Apple Blossom; Sal's Got a Meatskin; Great Big Taters [in Sandy Land]; Sail Away Ladies/Lady; Wish I Had My Time Again; Rock the Cradle Joe
OTHER NAMES: Sally Anne; Sally Aim; Dineo/Darneo; Going to the Wedding, Sally Ann;
ON-LINE and PRINT SOURCES: Kuntz; Meade; Ballad Index; Folk Index; Sharp/Karpeles-80E 63, "Sally Anne" (1 text, 1 tune); Lomax-FSNA 117, "Sally Anne" (1 text, 1 tune); PSeeger-AFB, p. 53, "Sally Ann" (1 text, 1 tune); Silber-FSWB, p. 175, "Sally Ann" (1 text); Roud #3652; Lomax, Alan / Folksongs of North America, Doubleday Dolphin, Sof (1975/1960), p230/#117; Brody, David (ed.) / Guitar Pickers Fakebook, Oak, Sof (1984), p126; Ashby, John. Brody, David (ed.) / Fiddler's Fakebook, Oak, Sof (1983), p244; Burke, John. Burke, John / Book of Old Time Fiddle Tunes for Banjo, Amsco, sof (1968), p15; Carlin, Bob. Brody, David (ed.) / Banjo Picker's Fakebook, Oak, Fol (1985), p142a; Fuzzy Mountain String Band. Brody, David (ed.) / Fiddler's Fakebook, Oak, Sof (1983), p244; Seeger, Pete. Seeger, Pete / Goofing-Off Suite, Hargail, Sof (1959), p25; Seeger, Pete. Seeger, Pete / American Favorite Ballads, Oak, Fol (1961), p53
NOTES: Sally Ann is a dance tune and breakdown with typical floating verses: "Oh where are you going, Sally Ann? (x3) I'm going to the wedding, Sally Ann. Oh shake that little foot, Sally Ann, (x3), You're a pretty good dancer, Sally Ann." "Did you ever see a muskrat, Sally Ann" Sal’s upstairs with the hog-eye man.”
Meade categorizes “Great Big Taters in Sandy Land” (see versions in this collection) under Sally Ann. Kuntz gives four different versions Sally Ann [1] through Sally Ann [4]. Here are the listings and notes by Kuntz (I’ve included info about Darneo with Sally Ann [1]):
SALLY ANN [1]. AKA and see “Beano,” “Darneo,” "Dineo." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina. D Major. Standard. AABB. One version of the tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. See also related tunes "Big Sweet Taters in Sandy Land," "Great Big Tater(s) in Sandy Land/Lot," "Sandy Land," "Sail Away Ladies" (Kentucky/Tennessee), "Wish(ed) I Had My Time Again" (Ky.). One version of the tune goes by the name "Dineo" in the Franklin/Floyd County area of southwestern Virginia, and it was recorded as “Darneo” by the Blue Ridge Highballers (Yazoo CD 2046). Among the many early recordings of the tune was a version by the Ashe County, North Carolina, string band Frank Blevins and His Tar Hell Rattlers, a name made up on the spot at the 1927 Columbia recording session in Atlanta for 16 year old fiddler Frank Blevins, his older brother and guitarist Ed Blevins and banjo player Fred Miller. The band’s playing was inspired by a few shots of corn liquor from a convenient jug. The Hill Billies, a Galax, Va., area band, recorded an influential version in 1925 (re-released on Document DOCD-8039).
Source for notated version: John Ashby (Virginia) [Brody, Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 244. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 209. County 405, "The Hillbillies." County 727, John Ashby- "Old Virginia Fiddling." Document 8039, “The Hill Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters: Compoete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1” (reissue). Folkways FA2434, Norman Edmonds and the Old Timers: "The 37th Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention at Union Grove, North Carolina" (1961). Library of Congress (2741-B-1), 1939, J.W. 'Peg' Thatcher (Franklin County, Virginia). Musical Traditions MTCD321-2, Pug Allen (et al.) – “Far on the Mountain: Vol’s. 1 & 2” (re-release, 2002). OKeh 40336 (78 RPM), The Hillbillies (1925). Old Hat Enterprises CD, “Music from the Lost Provinces” (1997). Revonah RS-932, The West Orrtanna String Band; "An Orrtanna Home Companion" (1978. Learned from Henry Reed via the Hollow Rock String Band). Rounder 0058, Clell Caudill; "Old Originals, Vol. II" (1978). Rounder CD0262, Mike Seegar - "Fresh Old-Time String Band Music" (1988. Appears as "Pork Fat Makes My Chicken Tan," an unusual variation by the Horseflies and the Agents of Terra, Ithaca, N.Y., string bands in which the fiddle is tuned EDad). Yodel-Ay-Hee 020, Rafe Stefanini & Bob Herring - "Old Paint."
DINEO. AKA and see "Di-nee-o, Ladies," "Darneo," "Sally Ann [1]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, southwestern Va. A Major. Standard. The name "Dineo" is particular to the Franklin/Floyd County area of western Virginia; it is more widely known under the title "Sally Ann." Di-nee-o = a variant of ‘Dinah’? Recorded by Herbert Halpern for the Library of Congress (2739-A-3), 1939, from the playing of Taylor Houston and the Houston Bald Knob String Band (Franklin County, Va.) during a dance. Rounder 0057, Ted Boyd & Charlie Woods ; "Old Originals, vol. 1" (1978).
SALLY ANN [2]. See related tune "Rock the Cradle Joe [1]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, western North Carolina. D Major. ADae. AABBCC. A very common Galax (Va.) area tune, though Bill Hicks (1972) notes that there are many versions of it played in the Galax/Mt. Airy area. In fact, there appears to be two distinct versions or strains of the tune, one characterized as the "Round Peak" version (named after the Round Peak, North Carolina, area south of Galax), and one typefied by the "Great Big Taters" versions. Musician and folklorist Alice Gerrard tells this story: "Back when I first got to Galax it seemed like everybody in the country could play an instrument. I remember going to one auction sale and this fellow was standing there; he had just walked over from across the street and was watching the sale going on, and Wade Ward handed him his fiddle and said, 'Here, play us a tune.' And the guy said, 'I don't know how to play.' Uncle Wade told him, 'Well, play Sally Ann; there's not a man alive that can't play Sally Ann.' So the fellow played 'Sally Ann', and it wasn't bad! To this day I don't know who the fellow was." (O.T.H., Vol. 3, No. 2, pg. 30). Tommy Jarrell recalled the tune he learned from his father, fiddler Ben Jarrell, along with Tony Lowe and Charlie Lowe, an adaptatin of the version he named "old-timey 'Sally Ann'. The newer version was rooted in the interplay between the ensemble playing of banjo and fiddle, rather than the more archaic solo fiddle style. Tommy learned the third part of the tune when he was about fourteen over the Virginia line, just north of where he lived in North Carolina, and brought it back to teach local musicians.
Source for notated version: Tommy Jarrell (Mt. Airy, North Carolina) [Brody]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 244. County 723, Cockerham, Jarrell, and Jenkins, "Back Home in the Blue Ridge." County 748, Tommy Jarrell; "Come and Go With Me." Marimac AHS #3, Glen Smith – “Say Old Man” (1990. Learned from Creed Smith). Rounder 0010, "Fuzzy Mountain String Band" (1972. Learned from Tommy Jarrell, Mt. Airy, N.C.).
SALLY ANN [3]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major (Brody, Titon): A Major (Kuntz): D Major (Johnson). Standard. ABB (Johnson): AABB (Brody, Kuntz, Phillips, Titon). Closely related to "Sail Away Ladies" and "Great/Raise Big Taters in Sandy Land.” It is less closely related to the Round Peak “Sally Ann [2]." Jeff Titon (2001) states the ‘B’ part is cognate with the low part of “The Pateroller Song” “Run, Johnny, Run” family of tunes, and may have an African-American origin. John and Alan Lomax published a version called “Sandy Lan” in their American Folksongs and Ballads (1934). John McCutcheon notes it could easily be called "Scott County's Anthem" and was Beachard Smith's (1911-1981) signature tune.
Sources for notated versions: Doc Roberts (east Kentucky) [Brody, Titon]; John McCutcheon, Fred Price, Dave Brody (Kuntz); James Chancellor [Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 245. Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 344-345. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 208. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 143, pg. 169. Conqueror 7766 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts. Davis Unlimited 33015, Doc Roberts, "Classic Fiddle Tunes." Folk Legacy Records FSA-17, Hobart Smith , "America's Greatest Folk Instrumentalist" (appears as 2nd tune of "Banjo Group 1"). Folkways 2355, "Old Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, Vol. 1." Greenhays GR 710, John McCutcheon, "Fine Times at Our House" (1982). Kicking Mule 202, John Burke- "Fancy Pickin' and Plain Singing." Kicking Mule 205, Delaware Water Gap, "From the Rivers of Babylon to the Land of Jazz" (1978). Rounder 0351, J. P. Fraley – “Maysville: Old Time Fiddle Tunes from Northeast Kentucky” (1995).
SALLY ANN [4]. AKA and see "Liza Jane." American, March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard. AB. The title floated to a fife march version of "Liza Jane" in southwestern Pennsylvania. Source for notated version: Lloyd Grimm (fifer from Westmoreland and Greene Counties, Pa., 1960) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 393C-D, pg. 377.
FINAL NOTES: Perrow collected a song named Sally Ann in 1913 in Kentucky but it’s clearly a different song related to the Shady Grove songs. Sally Ann by fiddle Henry Reed, guitar Gene Reed, may be heard in American Memory (item 2 under Sally Ann). Henry Reed Collection (other tunes played by him in the collection). Sally Anne is called Beano as played on the fiddle by L.G.'Pug' Allen, the guitar by George Allen and the banjo by Paul Brown at Pug's home in Stuarts Draft, Augusta County, VA. in 1980.
“Beano is Pug Allen's title for the fiddle tune that eastern fiddlers call Sally Ann. Elsewhere it goes under such titles as Great Big Taters in the Sandy Land (see Eck Roberston on County reissue CD CO 3515 or Stan Jackson on Rounder CD 0435), or Sail Away Ladies (see Uncle Dave Macon on another County reissue CO-CD 3505, or Yazoo 2029). Freeny's Barn Dance Band, from Mississippi, have a good version on County CD CO 3514. The tune seems to be especially popular in the Galax area, maybe as a result of it being recorded in 1925 by the Hill Billies (reissued on Document DOCD-8039), who were local to the area, as were the Blue Ridge Highballers whose version, titled Darneo, has been reissued on Yazoo CD 2046.” From notes by Mike Yeats.
Here are the lyric to “Blue Goose/Sally Anne” from Rufus Crisp:
Blue Goose-SALLY ANN
On a Folkways recording titled Rufus Crisp
From Dick Greenhaus- Rufus Crisp used to sing it as Blue Goose:
Wait in the meadow till the blue goose come
Wait in the meadow till the blue goose come
Wait in the meadow till the blue goose come
Shoot him with a rifle gun.
Prettiest gal in the county, O
Prettiest gal in the county, O
Prettiest gal in the county, O
I could of had 'er if I wanted O'.
Sift your wheat and save your bran
Sift your wheat and save your bran
Sift your wheat and save your bran
Come to the wedding, Sally Ann
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