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Whoop ‘Em Up Cindy
Old-Time Song and breakdown Uncle Dave Macon
ARTIST: Uncle Dave Macon Vo 5099
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes
DATE: "Whoop Em Up, Cindy" by "Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers" Vocalion 15323 Issued: May 1926
RECORDING INFO: Uncle Dave Macon Vo 5099 Marimac 9008, The Lazy Aces String Band - "Still Lazy After All These Years" (1986. Learned from Uncle Dave Macon via the New Lost City Ramblers). Whoop 'Em Up Cindy [Me II-AA14]; Macon, Uncle Dave. Uncle Dave Macon, Vol. 2, Vetco LP 105, LP (1974), trk# A.03 [1926/04/26]; McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith. McGee Brothers and Arthur Smith, Folkways FA 2379, LP (1964), trk# 20; New Lost City Ramblers. New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 2, Folkways FA 2397, LP (1960), trk# A.01
RELATED TO: Sally Ann; Cindy
OTHER NAMES: Not Known
SOURCES: Kuntz, Fiddler’s Companion; Meade; Folk Index; New Lost City Ramblers, Cohen, John, Mike Seeger & Hally Wood / Old Time String Band Songbook, Oak, Sof (1976/1964), p196;
NOTES: "Whoop ‘Em Up, Cindy" by Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers was recorded on Vocalion 15323 and issued May 1926. Meade says Macon’s song reminds him of a unknown minstrel song. The second strain (Chorus) has a melody similar to Sally Ann. The verse is similar to Cindy in the Meadow (Cindy songs) and Liza Jane songs. Many of the verses are floaters from Bile Dem Cabbage and Liza Jane songs. The New Lost City Ramblers version (Version 2) is different from Macon’s original version (Version 1).
WHOOP 'EM UP CINDY
Uncle Dave Macon Vo 5099
[spoken] Gentlemen, if you ain't right, git right!
[banjo]
[spoken] That's got me, let's go now!
[banjo]
Went upon the mountain, give my horn a blow,
Thought I heard my true love say, "Yonder comes my beau."
*Chorus: Whoop 'em up Cindy, Lord Lord,
I love Cindy, Lord, Lord.
Whoop 'em up Cindy, Lord, Lord,
Gone forever more. [rapping]
Went upon the mountain, cut my sugar cane,
Every time I cut a stalk, thought of Cindy Jane. (Chorus)
Cindy she's a ratting girl, Cindy she's a rose,
How I love my Cindy girl, Lord Almighty knows. (Chorus)
I've got a girl in Baltimore, I've got one in Savannah,
One in Baltimore's named Liza, other little girl's named Hannah. (Chorus)
Higher up the mountain top, greener grow the cherries,
Sooner the boys court the girls, sooner they are married. (Chorus)
Got old Liza Rankin, got old Liza Green,
Hitch up Mike and Charley, love my own doney (Chorus)
Wake up Monday morning, trouble in my mind,
Sixteen turkeys in one flock, know we's one behind. (Chorus)
*Macon sometimes sings:
Chorus: Whoop 'em up Cindy, Lord Lord
Whoop 'em up Cindy, Lord, Lord
I love Cindy, Lord, Lord
Gone forever more. [rapping]
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