THANK YOU: Great job! Most versions aren't as peppy and melodic as this one. The only other with a sound a little like this one is the X-Seamen in Heart of Oak, but I like your lyrics better. Will look for your performances in future! BTW folk, "hog eye" is often used to refer to the female apparatus -- according to the musico-historical boffins at Mudcat, although I think given the context of this song, it's debatable ;-)
Lyrics Waterson:Carthy sing Hog-Eye Man Oh, hand me down my riding cane, I'm off to meet my darlin' Jane. Chorus (after each verse): And a hog-eye! Railroad navvy with his hog-eye, Steady on a jig with a hog-eye, oh, She wants the hog-eye man! Oh, the hog-eye man is the man for me, Sailin' down from o'er the sea. Oh, he came to the shack where Sally did dwell, He knocked on the door, he rung a bell. Oh, who's been here since I been gone, Railroad navvy with his sea-boots on. If I catch him here with Sally once more, I'll sling me hook, go to sea once more. Oh, Sally's in the garden sifting sand, Her hog-eye man sittin' hand in hand. Oh, Sally's in the garden, punchin' dough, The cheeks of her arse go chuff, chuff, chuff! Oh, I won't wear a hog-eye, damned if I do, Got jiggers in his feet and he can't wear shoes. Oh, the hog-eye man is the man for me, He is blind and he cannot see. Oh, a hog-eye ship and a hog-eye crew, A hog-eye mate and a skipper too.
Those ain't right, this version is different. It sounds something like "With a hog eye! Oh railroad navvy with a hog eye. Yo roll as sure with a hog eye yo. She wants a hog eye man"
Hogeye Navvy played our wedding in 1995. 29 years this summer.
Love the little monologue at the beginning
I've also heard a hog eye refers to a flat bottomed river boat who just went between ports on a river so a hog eye man is a fake sailor.
Wow, thank you!
Oh. I always assumed it was a penis.
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during the 1800s agriculture and River barge shipping were the two main sources of income in South Carolina where this was written
Thank you so much! I grew up listening to Hog Eye Navvy and I'm so happy to be able to listen on youtube whenever I want. Thanks!
This is sooooo good.
THANK YOU: Great job! Most versions aren't as peppy and melodic as this one. The only other with a sound a little like this one is the X-Seamen in Heart of Oak, but I like your lyrics better. Will look for your performances in future! BTW folk, "hog eye" is often used to refer to the female apparatus -- according to the musico-historical boffins at Mudcat, although I think given the context of this song, it's debatable ;-)
Amazing!
Too fun!
Nice choice
I always heard that a hog eye was the harpoon man on a whaling vessel.
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HEY NEVER SKIP THE INTRO!
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Lyrics Please.
I think ts a man wearing a sword knot on his hat. A cyclops .
Is this on Spotify?
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Howdy, Alex!
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Lyrics
Waterson:Carthy sing Hog-Eye Man
Oh, hand me down my riding cane,
I'm off to meet my darlin' Jane.
Chorus (after each verse):
And a hog-eye!
Railroad navvy with his hog-eye,
Steady on a jig with a hog-eye, oh,
She wants the hog-eye man!
Oh, the hog-eye man is the man for me,
Sailin' down from o'er the sea.
Oh, he came to the shack where Sally did dwell,
He knocked on the door, he rung a bell.
Oh, who's been here since I been gone,
Railroad navvy with his sea-boots on.
If I catch him here with Sally once more,
I'll sling me hook, go to sea once more.
Oh, Sally's in the garden sifting sand,
Her hog-eye man sittin' hand in hand.
Oh, Sally's in the garden, punchin' dough,
The cheeks of her arse go chuff, chuff, chuff!
Oh, I won't wear a hog-eye, damned if I do,
Got jiggers in his feet and he can't wear shoes.
Oh, the hog-eye man is the man for me,
He is blind and he cannot see.
Oh, a hog-eye ship and a hog-eye crew,
A hog-eye mate and a skipper too.
Those ain't right, this version is different. It sounds something like
"With a hog eye!
Oh railroad navvy with a hog eye.
Yo roll as sure with a hog eye yo.
She wants a hog eye man"
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Don't skip the intro! XD