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Sugarfoot Rag
Old-Time Country Rag; Music Hank Garland lyrics G. Vaughn; US
ARTIST: Red Foley with Hank Garland guitar
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 instrumental recording; 1950 recording with lyrics Red Foley
RECORDING INFO: Sugarfoot Rag - Garland, M./Vaughn, G.
Ball, E. C. and Orna. Fathers Have a Home Sweet Home, Rounder 0072, LP (1976), trk# B.07
Chancellor, Jim "Texas Shorty". Texas Shorty and John Hartford. Old Sport, Small Dog A-Barking SD 494, Cas (1994), trk# B.05 (Pretty Little Widow/Widder)
Crooked Road. Generations, Spencer, CD (2004), trk# 6
Cunningham, Bill. Cunningham, Bill / Hoedown Fiddle in America (How to Play It), Ryckman-Beck, fol (1977), --
Henderson, Wayne. Virginia Carolina Sampler, Flying Cloud FC 007, LP (1988), trk# B.06 (Sugar Foot Rag)
Hunter, Ernie. All About Fiddling, Stoneway STY 143, LP (197?), trk# A.05 (Sugar Foot Rag)
Iron Mountain String Band (Calif.). Someday We'll Meet Again, Folkways FA 3836, LP (1981), trk# B.04 (Pretty Little Willow)
Jarrell, Tommy. Rainbow Sign, County 791, LP (1984), trk# 14 (Sugar Foot Rag)
Keith, Bill. Something Auld, Something Newgrass, Something Borrowed, Somet..., Rounder 0084/RB-1, LP (1976), trk# 9
Marion, Carlie; and Andy Cahan. Going Across the River to Hear my Banjo Ring, Marimac 9018, Cas (1988), trk# 17
Maxson, Charles; and Karen Skidmore. From the Heartland of West Virginia. The Hammered & Plucked Dul, Peaceable 4, LP (1975), trk# 7
McLain Family Band. Country Dance Album, Country Life CLR-16, LP (1986), trk# B.04d
Smith, Glen (Virginia). Traditional Music From Grayson and Carroll Counties, Folkways FS 3811, LP (1962), trk# 24 [1960ca] (Pretty Little Willow)
Thackerson, Roy. Fingerless Fiddler. Vol. 2, Ovella 2, LP (197?), trk# A.06 (Sugar Foot Rag)
RELATED TO: Pretty Little Widow/Widder
SOURCES: Rec.music
NOTES: Basically, "Sugarfoot" is "Pretty Little Widow." Garland said he'd conceived it as a finger exercise. After the song was an instrumental hit, words were written by G. Vaughn and the song was recorded again in 1950 and became a major hit for Red Foley and Garland. It earned Garland his nickname, "Sugarfoot." Here are the lyrics:
Gonna get out my sickle
Gonna shine up my shoes
And meet my baby and tell the news
Bet my money on a sway back nag
Come home a winner with plenty of swag
One foot, two foot, slew foot drag
Swing your honey to the Sugar foot rag
Diggin and Jiggin with a zig and zag
While the dobro plays that Sugarfoot rag
Got a big jug of cider
And a little jug of wine
One for my honey and the other ones mine
Sip on the cider and sip on the wine
All sip together and have a good time
One foot, two foot, slew foot drag
Swing your honey to the Sugar foot fag
Diggin and jiggin with a zig and zag
While the mandolin plays that Sugarfoot rag
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