Saddle up the Gray

Two parts. Key of G. The A part is mostly G chord. The B part is half G and half C. If there is a D it goes by pretty quick.

• The best version is a slow one by Primitive Characters. The CD is out of print [amazon]. The Claim Jumpers [myspace] imitate it full length but the original rocks. 

• Fast, driving version by Devil's Dream [mp3skull].

• Stomping fiddler Craig Judleman [tube]. Medley warning! Skip to 2:00.

• She plays it [tube] in the haunting Molsky style by tuning the fiddle's high string down one full note to GDAD tuning.

• Two guys made a video [tube].

• New Lost City Ramblers [sample at Smithsonian].

• Old 78 by Carter Brothers & Son from 1928 [mp3 on Slippery Hill]

Not to be confused with...

• Get No Supper Here Tonight (key of A) [slippery hill]

Lyrics (two A part, two B part):

A: Saddle up the Gray, Better get away, Ain't gonna be no dinner here today.

A: Pull up the rug, Put out the lights, Ain't gonna be no supper here tonight.

B: Riding on the goat, Leading on the sheep, I won't get back till the middle the of the week.

B: Yada ya, Yada yada ya...

A: Riding down to the railroad, Sitting on the track, Waiting for the freight train to come back.

A: Pass around the jug, Blow out the light, Ain't gonna be no supper here tonight.

B: Take those ladies, By the wrist, Lead them down to the grape like this.

B: Yada ya, Yada yada ya...