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Genre: Old-Time / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
Inspired by the Hometown Boys Bill helms fdl compare Howard Hamil Coon on a rail
4 comments on “Raccoon on a Rail”
davidbragger Says:
Monday, September 5, 2011 @6:49:17 PM
Yeah! Great tune!
bj Says:
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 @8:49:36 AM
Does this tune go by another name? Yeah, I know, stupid question. It's an oldtime tune, of course it does! I would love to know what alternative names there are for it, it sounds so familiar, but I'd never heard the name before.
frfiddle Says:
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 @12:56:29 PM
Thanks, David,. BJ -- it is sometimes called "Raccoon on a Rail" out of racial sensitivity, which is funny to me
since I always thought it referred to the creature with a tail and not to a human being anyway. I don't know of any other names but it is based on a widespread set of chords -- Boil Them Cabbage, Roscoe, etc, I-IV-I-V-I. Ain't at all a stupid question and in fact there are a number of variations to this tune, which in addition to the Hometown Boys, was recorded by Howard Hamil, the Ala fiddler. Guess what, I just looked it up in Tony Russell and the Columbia 78 was titled "Raccoon on a Rail" -- Bill Helms, fdl, Gid Tanner, bnj, Riley Puckett, gtr. The words "raccoon up a simmon tree, etc" are associated with Boil Them Cabbage. So I guess I ought to edit the title.
RobBob Says:
Thursday, February 26, 2015 @9:09:26 AM
It sounds like Possum on a Rail to me. There is a tune on an old compilation of Alabama tunes called Coon on a Rail. If you check you can find a 78 by the Mississippi Possum Hunters doing this tune.
youtube.com/watch?v=EiKxmXijZGw
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