- Style
- Old-time
- Tradition
- Virginia
- Form
- Reel
- Key
- D
- Level
- 4
- Played on
- Fiddle
In the public domain. Source
Music
90bpm
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Chord chart
History
Most versions today come from Emmett Lundy (1864 to 1953) of Grayson County, Virginia. Lundy learned much of his music in the 1880s and 1890s from Green Leonard, an elderly local fiddler, and his version has three parts.
Alan Lomax recorded the tune from Fields Ward of Galax in 1937 and from Lundy for the Library of Congress in 1941. Lomax thought it was related to "Old Dan Tucker." Lundy didn't sing it, but other players set words to it.
Ducks in the millpond, Geese in the ocean; Hug them pretty girls, If I take a notion.
Rain come and wet me, sun come and dry me, Step back pretty girl, don't you come nigh me.