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Whoop ‘Em Up Cindy
Old-Time Song and breakdown Uncle Dave Macon
ARTIST: New Lost City Ramblers 'Volume II' Folkways LP FA2397. Based on Uncle Dave Macon 'Whoop 'Em Up Cindy' Vocalion 15323.
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
New Lost City Ramblers 'Volume II' Folkways LP FA2397.
Based on Uncle Dave Macon 'Whoop 'Em Up Cindy' Vocalion 15323.
Went upon the mountain top, give my horn a blow
Thought I heard Cindy 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
Went up to the mountain top, cut my sugar cane
Every time I cut a stalk, thought about Cindy Jane
Chorus
Cindy she's a rattlin' girl, Cindy she's a rose
How I love Cindy girl, God almighty knows
Chorus
I got a girl in Baltimore, got one in Savanah
One in Baltimore named Lise, other little girl's named Hannah
Chorus
Higher up the mountain top, greener grow the cherries
Sooner the boys court the girls, sooner they get married
Chorus
Cindy in the summertime, Cindy in the fall
If I can't have Cindy all the time, don't want her at all
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