Uncle Dave sang, "Johnny get you britches on here comes the wind (tornado). Pickin' up chickens for mammy". Glad you used the old square dance call, "Get your feet out of the sand, stick 'em in the mud". Dr. Humphrey Bates used to say on the Op'ry, "Get your feet out of the mud, stick 'em in the sand". Just reversed from Uncle Dave. Because recording equipment back then wasn't like our modern "smart computer" run boards we have today, some of Uncle Dave's words were sung so fast that they didn't come out well. Good job with your version though. Not a lot of people can do this song. The New Lost City Ramblers did it, but Mike Seeger told me they just "faked" some of the words. The NLCR were the best in re-introducing old timey music to a newer generation.
Uncle Dave sang, "Johnny get you britches on here comes the wind (tornado). Pickin' up chickens for mammy". Glad you used the old square dance call, "Get your feet out of the sand, stick 'em in the mud". Dr. Humphrey Bates used to say on the Op'ry, "Get your feet out of the mud, stick 'em in the sand". Just reversed from Uncle Dave. Because recording equipment back then wasn't like our modern "smart computer" run boards we have today, some of Uncle Dave's words were sung so fast that they didn't come out well. Good job with your version though. Not a lot of people can do this song. The New Lost City Ramblers did it, but Mike Seeger told me they just "faked" some of the words. The NLCR were the best in re-introducing old timey music to a newer generation.
WOW!! Love that Uncle Dave Macon song. Great job on it.
And cool video! Thanks for displaying the words. I've wondered about them for 46 years. Now I'm going to stick my feet in the mud!