- Style
- Old-time
- Tradition
- American old-time
- Form
- Reel
- Key
- G
- Level
- 4
- Played on
- Fiddle
In the public domain. Source
Music
90bpm
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Chord chart
History
A pig's foot here is probably a blacksmith's tool, a bar something like a poker used to move pig iron in the forge. The tune comes from western North Carolina fiddler Marcus Martin, who recorded it for the Library of Congress in the 1940s and later on an LP with his son Wayne.
Martin learned from East Tennessee fiddler J. Dedrick Harris, who played for Bob Taylor's run for governor of Tennessee in the 1880s. The melody turns up in the film Cold Mountain under the name "Ruby with Eyes that Sparkle."
Shove that pig's foot into the fire, Do it now, Miss Liza, Shove that pig's foot into the fire, Do it now, Miss Liza.