“Sally Anne”

Description

"Oh where are you going, Sally Anne? (x3) I'm going to the wedding, Sally Anne. Oh shake that little foot, Sally Anne, (x3), You're a pretty good dancer, Sally Anne." "Did you ever see a muskrat, Sally Ann...." Other verses are equally unrelated

Notes

Lomax says that this is the same melody as the fiddle piece "Sandy Land," in turn related to "Sally Goodin." [But Lomax wasn't a fiddler. The tune is related to "Sandy Land" (actually "Great Big Taters in Sandy Land"), but I draw the line at "Sally Goodin." I'm no fiddler, either, but I've backed up a lot of them. - PJS] Certainly the banal and unrelated verses are what one would expect of a fiddle tune with words added. - RBW

The Rufus Crisp recording, "Blue Goose," is a conglomerate. But as we define it, "Sally Anne" is a song with this pattern, a lot of floating verses, and the name, "Sally Anne." What more do we want? - RBW, PJS.

Cross references

• cf. "Great Big Taters in Sand Land" (tune)
• cf. "Sal's Got a Meatskin" (lyrics)

Recordings

• Frank Blevins & his Tar Heel Rattlers, "Sally Aim [sic]" (Columbia 15765-D, 1932; rec. 1927; on LostProv1 as "Sally Ann")
• Fiddlin' John Carson, "Sally Ann" (OKeh 40419, 1925)
• Rufus Crisp, "Blue Goose" (on Crisp01)
• The Hillbillies, "Sally Ann" (OKeh 40336, 1925) (Vocalion 5019/Brunswick 105 [as Al Hopkins & his Buckle Busters], 1927)
• Clint Howard et al, "Sally Ann" (on Ashley02, WatsonAshley01)
• Doc Roberts, "Sally Ann" (Perfect 15467, 1931)
• Pete Seeger, "Sally Ann" (on PeteSeeger06, PeteSeegerCD01); Sally Ann" (on PeteSeeger18)
• J. C. "Jake" Staggers, "Sally Ann" (on FolkVisions2)
• George Stoneman, "Sally Anne" [instrumental] (on LomaxCD1702)
• Art Thieme, "Sally Ann" (on Thieme01)
• Wade Ward, "Sally Ann" [instrumental] (on Holcomb-Ward1)

References

1. SharpAp 240, "Sally Anne" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Sharp/Karpeles-80E 63, "Sally Anne" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Lomax-FSNA 117, "Sally Anne" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. PSeeger-AFB, p. 53, "Sally Ann" (1 text, 1 tune)
5. Silber-FSWB, p. 175, "Sally Ann" (1 text)
6. Roud #3652
7. BI, SKE63