Shove The Pig's Foot A Little Closer To The Fire

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Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 27th 2007 by ceolachan.

This tune has been added to 27 tunebooks.

Also known as Ruby With The Dancing Eyes, Shove The Pig's Foot A Little Bit Farther Into The Fire, Shove The Pig's Foot A Little Bit Further Into The Fire, Shove The Pig's Foot A Little Farther In The Fire, Shove The Pig's Foot A Little Farther Into The Fire, Shove The Pig's Foot A Little Further Into The Fire, Shove The Pig's Foot A Little Nearer To The Fire.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Transatlantic Sessions 3 by Various Artists

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Mmmmmmm!!! ~ pig's feet!!!

For you below D challenged folk out there, well, there is this other way with measure 2 of the A-part ~

~ | GAGE D2 DE | ~

For you mad purists out there who swear off or swear about anything not fully certified 'Irish', I learned this here tune, or actually, re-learned it, off uh some guy with a strong Irish accent, though he may have been fakin' it, but he was from the 'Emerald Isle", extremely short, dressed in green, smoked a clay pipe, was a damned smart dancer, wouldn't let me touch his pot of gold or his fiddle, and swore he'd learned this here tune offa the fairy folk, which he also claimed were personal friends. Hell, I wouldn't have ever been able to play his fiddle anyway, as it was only a few inches long. Cute little guy, but I wasn't going to say that to his face. The last person who did didn't fare well at all, plagued with warts in places I can't say...

Anyway, it's obvious that the title is Irish, isn't it? Who else would barbecue pigs feet when they are so much better pickled? :-/

# Posted on October 27th 2007 by ceolachan

"Shove the Pig's Foot A Little Farther In The Fire"

I suspect this here fella also learned it via similar means...

Digital Library of Appalachia: Appalachian College Association Central Library

http://www.aca-dla.org/index.php

"Shove the Pig's Foot A Little Farther In The Fire"
~ Marcus Martin, fiddler, Swannanoa, North Carolina, U.S. of A.

http://www.aca-dla.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/WarrenWilson&CISOPTR=201&REC=2

# Posted on October 27th 2007 by ceolachan

"Shove the Pig's Foot a Little Further into the Fire" ~ & w/steps

A great tune and some dance accompaniment too ~

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=20653155

# Posted on October 27th 2007 by ceolachan

"Shove the Pig's Foot a Little Bit Further Into the Fire" ~ other possibilities

# Posted on October 27th 2007 by ceolachan

Ease up yuh little twerp, there's pigs feet and whiskey enough for us both. Ow! Those damned buckles on your shoes hurt. Look, you've drawn blood. We'll see who gets the last shuffle-the-buckle here. Finish that whiskey and it's out on the slates to see who can raise the most and brightest sparks... We're away!

For those of you similarly bothered by the wee folk, don't worry, the threats are mostly just talk, but I would worry if they start talking warts...

Pleasant dreams to you all... ;-)

# Posted on October 27th 2007 by ceolachan

Well, I woke up this morning in a bit of a daze and with my calves aching. I realize now that I may have made a common mistake with listening and could have been confusing an Appalachian accent with an Irish one. But, this little guy with the large buckled shoes and the old stewpot full of gold is dressed all in green and in his haze is now claiming he's a fluent speaker of the Irish and knew my great, great, great Irish grandparents. Yeah, pull the other one... :-/

Our legs no longer able to carry much dancing this morning, and him having taken off lilting to hisself while preparing breakies, we're planning a sing fest later, after a bit of food and a heafty portion of the hair-of-the-dog... Hmmm, maybe it's too early for the latter? Nah!

# Posted on October 27th 2007 by ceolachan

Makes a nice barndancey sorta thing...

# Posted on October 27th 2007 by Dow

Yeah, it's sweet, idn't it...

No, I haven't forgotten the polkas. I have plans... ;-)

# Posted on October 27th 2007 by ceolachan

yeh shurie's a nice one.
I'll let you know what I put it with and am sure, if you have no objection, we'll use it.

# Posted on October 27th 2007 by hetty

"Transatlantic Sessions 3"

For those unfamiliar with this set of 6 programs, shown recently on RTÉ & BBC, this is the opening tune used and was featured in one of the programs played beautifully by Bruce Molsky, Sharon Shannon & Jim Murray...

Programme 6 on RTÉ ~

http://www.rte.ie/tv/transatlanticsessions/prog6.html

# Posted on October 27th 2007 by ceolachan

Pig's Feet

In the movie Cold Mountain, this was called "Ruby With the Dancing Eyes." I guess they thought Ruby was a little more romantic title to play for his daughter in the movie. However, "Shove the Pig's Foot . . ." is the real name for it.

# Posted on October 29th 2007 by Jiml

What's not romantic about a nice fire and a feed of pigs feet?

# Posted on October 30th 2007 by ceolachan

As played (I think) by Buce Molsky on the intro:

And, of course, played with swing!

# Posted on March 12th 2008 by DonaldK

Apologies for the lack of gaps round the bar lines!

# Posted on March 12th 2008 by DonaldK

Whew! What bar lines? ;-)

# Posted on March 12th 2008 by ceolachan