“Sally Goodin”

Description

"Had a piece of pie an' I had a piece of puddin', An' I gave it all away just to see my Sally Goodin." About how much the singer loves Sally, how he courts her -- with perhaps a few sundry comments about food and liquor along the way

Notes

Another piece that endures mostly as a fiddle tune. Given the lyrics, it's not hard to see why. - RBW

Cross references

• cf. "Cripple Creek (I)" (floating lyrics)

Recordings

• Clifford Gross & Muryel Campbell, "Sally Gooden" (Vocalion 03650, 1937)
• Fiddlin' John Carson, "Sallie Goodman" (OKeh 40095-A, 1924)
• James Crase, "Sally Goodin" (on MMOKCD)
• [G. B.] Grayson & [Henry] Whitter, "Sally Gooden" (Gennett 6733/Champion 15501 [as by Norman Gayle], 1928)
• Vester Jones, "Sally Goodin" (on GraysonCarroll1)
• Kessinger Brothers, "Sally Goodin" (Brunswick 308, c. 1929)
• Neil Morris & Charlie Everidge, "Sally Goodin" [instrumental w. dance calls] (on LomaxCD1707)
• John D. Mounce et al, "Sally Gooden" (on MusOzarks01)
• New Lost City Ramblers, "Sally Goodin" (on NLCR02) (NLCR16)
• Pickard Family, "Sally Goodin" (Regal 8810, 1929; probably the same as Dad Pickard's recording, Banner 6434, 1929)
• Fiddlin' Powers and Family, "Sally Goodin" (Victor, unissued, 1924)
• Riley Puckett, "Sally Goodwin" (Columbia 15102-D, 1926)
• Eck Robertson, "Sally Goodin" (Victor 18956, 1922)
• Ernest V. Stoneman "Sally Goodwin" (Edison, unissued, 1927) (Edison 52350, 1928) (CYL: Edison [BA] 5529, 1928) (Edison 0000 [development disk], 1928)
• Uncle "Am" Stuart, "Sally Gooden" (Vocalion 14841, 1924)

References

1. Lomax-FSNA 121, "Sally Goodin" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Randolph 544, "Sally Goodin" (1 text plus a fragment, 1 tune)
3. Randolph/Cohen, pp. 403-404, "Sally Goodin" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 544A)
4. BrownIII 89, "Sally Goodin" (5 fragments, though "D" and "E" might be other songs)
5. Fuson, p. 158, "Sallie Goodin" (seventh of 12 single-stanza jigs) (1 short text)
6. Cambiaire, p. 56, "Sally Gooden" (1 text)
7. Darling-NAS, p. 255, "Sally Goodin" (1 text)
8. Silber-FSWB, p. 33, "Sally Goodin" (1 text)
9. DT, SALGOODN
10. Roud #739
11. BI, LoF121