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Yellow Cat
Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma.
ARTIST: Frank Hobbs, from Thede's "The Fiddle Book," (1967), p132
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes
EARLIEST DATE: 1930s
RECORDING INFO: Yellow Cat
Rm- Grey Cat On A Tennessee Farm; Square Dance
Hobbs, Frank. Thede, Marion (ed.) / The Fiddle Book, Oak, Bk (1967), p132 [1930s]
Horseflies (Tompkins County Horsefiles). Chokers and Flies, Rounder 0213, LP (1985), trk# 10
Kimble Family. Pine Knots School Rowdies, Marimac 9037, Cas (1992), trk# 2 (Cousin Sally Brown)
Parish, Roscoe. Old Time Way, Heritage (Galax) 070, LP (1986), trk# 18 [1983/01/06] (Cousin Sally Brown)
Pine River Boys with Maybelle. Outback, Heritage (Galax) 003 (III), LP (1974), trk# B.06
Powell, Dirk. If I Go Ten Thousand Miles, Rounder 0384, CD (1996), trk# 5 (Cousin Sally Brown)
Roan Mountain Hilltoppers. Down Home, Roan Mountain, CD (2000), trk# 17 [1982/02] (Old Cat Died)
Rutherford, Enoch; and the Gold Hill Band. Old Cap'n Rabbit, Heritage (Galax) 080, Cas (1989), trk# 8 (Cousin Sally Brown)
Shelor Family. Eight Miles Apart, Heritage (Galax) 022, LP (1979), trk# 12 [1973/08/07]
Watson, Willard. Clawhammer Banjo. Vol 2 [More Clawhammer Banjo], County 717/CD 2717, LP (2003/1969), trk# 17 [1964/10] (Cousin Sally Brown)
SOURCES: Folk Index; Kuntz; Frank Hobbs (Haskill County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Tom Carter and Tom Sauber [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 262. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 132. Rounder 0213, The Tompkins County Horseflies ‑ "Chokers and Flies" (1985. Learned from Walter Morris, fiddler with The Pine River Boys and Maybelle).
NOTES: "Yellow Cat" is a popular Patrick County dance tune more widely known as "Cousin Sally Brown. The tune was recorded by the Sweet Brothers with Ernest Stoneman under the "Cousin Sally Brown" title in 1928.
Kuntz has the lyrics and info from Thede: D Major. ADae tuning. AABB. The tune has some resemblance to a Pennsylvania‑collected square dance tune in Bayard (1981; No. 90, pg. 55).
A differnt tune by the same title is found in Judy Hyman with the Horseflies (Ithica, N.Y.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 261.
YELLOW CAT, THE (Thede)
The yellow cat jumped
And he jumped on the wall.
The black cat jumped
And he couldn't jump a‑tall.
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