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Bile Them Cabbage Down

Traditional American Folk Song

"Boil Them Cabbage Down" (also "Bile 'Em Cabbage Down") is an American folk song. Hoecakes are small cornmeal cakes that were baked over a fire on the blade of a hoe. A breakfast of hoecakes and cabbage soup testifies to the humble origins of this song. According to Alan Lomax, musicologist and folklorist formerly of the Library of Congress, this tune was originally associated with African slaves brought from Niger.[citation needed] Notable versions of the song have been played by such artists as Pete Seeger, Ruby Jane Smith and the Smothers Brothers. Sam Hinton sings the song in the album How the West Was Won

Bile Them Cabbage Down

Voicing: TB

Individual Folios

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Steven Kupferschmid : Bile Them Cabbage Down

This lively, rhythmic, and humorous arrangement is pure fun from start to finish, not to mention easy to learn! Hand-clappin', hootin' and hollerin', and even some barking and howling fill the verses and choruses key change after key change. Add some foot-stompin' and a fiddle and you're ready to bile them cabbage down! Available separately: SAB, 2-Part, StudioTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:10

Arranger: Steven Kupferschmid

Mack Wilberg : Bile Them Cabbage Down

A wonderful arrangement of the great American folk song. Can be performed with fiddle, bass, guitars, woodblock and tambourine. Fiddle and string bass parts sold separately. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult. Duration - 00:07:00.

Arranger: Mack Wilberg