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Peter Went Fishing/ see also: Georgia Railroad
Traditional Old-Time, Breakdown & Song;
ARTIST: "Peter Went Fishing" by "Fiddlin' John Carson And His Virginia Reelers" Okeh 45068 Issued: November 1926
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: 1920’s;
RECORDING INFO: Blake, Norman and Nancy. Just Gimme Something I'm Use To, Shanachie 6001, Cas (1992), cut# 2. Block, Allan; and Ralph Lee Smith. Allan Block & Ralph Lee Smith, Meadowlands MS 1, LP (1971), cut#B.06. Carson, Fiddlin' John. Fiddlin' John Carson. Vol 4, Document DOCD 8017, CD (1997), cut# 3 (Peter Went Fishing). Forrester, Howdy. Devil's Box, Devil's Box DB, Ser (196?), 26/1, p40 (Peter Went a Fishing). Ledford String Band. Ledford String Band, Rounder 0008, LP (1972), cut# 3. Luckiamute River String Band. Waterbound, Lucks '94, Cas (1994), cut#A.02. Possum Hunters. Death on Lee Highway, Takoma A-1010, LP (196?), cut# 6 (Peter and I Went Fishing). Spence, Bill. Saturday Night in the Provinces, Front Hall FHR-005, LP (1975), cut# 5. Tenenbaum, Molly. And the Hillsides Are All Covered with Cakes, Cat Hair, Cas (1994), cut# 15
OTHER NAMES: Peter Went a Fishing; Gary Dawson's Tune
SOURCES: Tom McCreesh [Brody and Kuntz]; Alan Block [Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 118. Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 319-320. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 63. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc; pg. 96. Front Hall 05, Fennigs All Stars- "Saturday Night in the Provinces."
NOTES: From Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc: A Major. Standard. AABB. The song was recorded in the 1920's by Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers. Sung by Tanner to the A part only.
LYRICS:
Peter Went Fishin’- Fiddlin’ John Carson
"Peter Went Fishing" by "Fiddlin' John Carson And His Virginia Reelers"
Okeh 45068 Recorded: Unknown Issued: November 1926
Instrumental-
Late last night when Peter went a-fishin'
Calaya calaya-day
Caught a little mudcat, put him in the kitchen,
Calaya calaya-day
Repeat 2x
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