SONG INFORMATION

Origin: Traditional (Appalachia, South, Southeast, 1860's)
Traditional fiddle tune said to have been renamed "Sally Goodin" during the Civil War.
First recording and first release by A.C. (Eck) Robertson (1922/1923)
Released by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs with The Foggy Mountain Boys (1961)

LYRICS

Often played as an instrumental

Had a piece of pie an’ I had a piece of puddin’,
An’ I give it all away just to see my Sally Goodin.
Had a piece of pie an’ I had a piece of puddin’,
An’ I give it all away just to see my Sally Goodin.
Well, I looked down the road an’ I see my Sally comin’,
An’ I thought to my soul that I’d kill myself a-runnin’.
Well, I looked down the road an’ I see my Sally comin’,
An’ I thought to my soul that I’d kill myself a-runnin’.

Love a ‘tater pie an’ I love an apple puddin,
An’ I love a little gal that they call Sally Goodin.
Love a ‘tater pie an’ I love an apple puddin,
An’ I love a little gal that they call Sally Goodin.
An’ I dropped the ‘tater pie an’ I left the appie puddin’,
But I went across the mountain to see my Sally Goodin.
An’ I dropped the ‘tater pie an’ I left the appie puddin’,
But I went across the mountain to see my Sally Goodin.

Sally is my dooxy an’ Sally is my daisy,
When Sally says she hates me I think I’m goin crazy.
Sally is my dooxy an’ Sally is my daisy,
When Sally says she hates me I think I’m goin crazy.
Little dog’ll bark an’ the big dog’ll bite you,
Little gal’Il court you an’ big gal’ll fight you. Little dog’ll bark an’ the big dog’ll bite you,
Little gal’Il court you an’ big gal’ll fight you.

Rainin’ an’ a-pourin’ an’ the creek’s runnin’ muddy,
An’ I’m so dam’ drunk I can’t stand steady, Rainin’ an’ a-pourin’ an’ the creek’s runnin’ muddy,
An’ I’m so dam’ drunk I can’t stand steady,
I’m goin up the mountain an’ marry little Sally,
Raise corn on the hillside an’ the devil in the valley.
I’m goin up the mountain an’ marry little Sally,
Raise corn on the hillside an’ the devil in the valley.

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