Granny Will Your Dog Bite?

A widespread American old-time instrumental and song that exists under several titles and numerous variants. Originally documented through Civil War fife and drum traditions, with one 26th North Carolina Regiment veteran playing it on fife while marching to be sworn in. The tune was frequently played at Midwestern fiddle contests and recorded for the Library of Congress by Vance Randolph from Ozarks fiddlers in the early 1940s. Tommy Jarrell recorded a notable version that became widely learned by contemporary old-time musicians. The song includes traditional play-party lyrics that reference farm animals and rural life.”Granny will your dog bite, cow kick, cat scratch? Granny will your hen peck, sow root the corn patch?