Pig at Home in the Pen

DESCRIPTION: Floaters: "When she saw me coming, she hung her head and cried/Yonder comes the meanest boy that ever lived or died." "Next time said darling, pick a bed with me...." Cho: "Got that pig at home in the pen, corn to feed him on/All I want..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1937 (recording, Arthur Smith Trio)
KEYWORDS: love sex rejection farming floatingverses nonballad animal
FOUND IN: US(SE,Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
McNeil-SouthernMountainFolksong, pp. 52-55, "Pig in a Pen" (2 texts, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
Spud Gravely w. Glen Smith, "Pig in a Pen" (on Persis1)
Arthur Smith Trio, "Pig at Home in the Pen" (on Bluebird B-7043, 1937)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Shady Grove" (lyrics)
File: RcPAHITP

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