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Katy Bar the Door​/​Grasshopper Sitting on a Sweet Potato Vine

from The Early Years by The Harmony Sisters (Alice Gerrard, Jeanie McLerie, Irene Herrmann)

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Traditional. Katy...comes from Roscoe Parish, Carroll Cy, VA and Grasshopper....comes from Luther Davis of Galax, VA. The Harmony Sisters wrote the words to Grasshopper.

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Grasshopper sittin’ on a sweet potato vine
Grasshopper sittin’ on a sweet potato vine
Grasshopper sittin’ on a sweet potato vine
Having a mighty fine time.

Kitty cat sittin’ in the sweet potato patch
Kitty cat sittin’ in the sweet potato patch
Kitty cat sittin’ in the sweet potato patch
About to make a mighty fine catch.

Grasshopper sittin’ on a sweet potato vine
Grasshopper sittin’ on a sweet potato vine
Grasshopper sittin’ on a sweet potato vine
June bug says will you be mine.

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from The Early Years, released January 1, 1999

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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