James,

Thanks for that information. I'll look for it.  I don't currently have, "I
Got a Pig," but I remember the verses, which were:

Black clouds a' rising
Sure sign of rain
Put the old gray bonnet on
Little Liza Jane

Bake them biscuits Baby
Bake 'em good and brown
When we get them biscuits baked
We're Alabama bound

Going on the mountain
To sow a little cane
Raise a barrel of sorghum
Sweeten old Liza Jane

chorus:

I got a pig at home in a pen
Corn to feed him on
All I need's a pretty little girl
To feed him when I'm gone

It is so similar, it must be basically the same song, though I never heard
Ralph do it alone. The version I heard was with Carter singing lead.


At 08:48 PM 1/8/02 -0500, you wrote:



>
>Kathleen,
>
>I'd guess that "Rocky Island" is a very old song. I really don't know where 
>Ralph got it from. He recorded it in the early 70's (1974 I think) on the 
>album "A Man And His Music" on Rebel Records.
>
>James Alan Shelton
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