Granny Will Your Dog Bite

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Granny Will Your Dog Bite – Source MP3
Tommy Jarrell

KEY OF A: Fiddles tuned to AEAE, Banjos tuned to aEAC#E


BANDFIDDLEGUITAR BANJOLYRICS


BAND

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Whole Band – up to speed

Whole Band – slow


FIDDLE

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Fiddle 1 – A Part Slow

Fiddle 2 – A and B Parts Slow


GUITAR

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Guitar


BANJO

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Banjo – Slow

Banjo – Faster


LYRICS

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Granny will your dog bite, cow kick, cat scratch?
Granny will your hen peck, sow root the corn patch?
Granny will your duck quack, old grey goose hatch?
Granny will your dog bite? “Yes, child, No!” (Ford)

Granny will your hen peck, hen peck, hen peck,
Granny will your hen peck, Lord, child, no;
Hog bit ‘er pecker off a long time ago. (Thede)

Granny will your dog bite, dog bite, dog bite,
Granny will your dog bite , Lord, child no;
Wolf bit ‘er biter off long time ago.

See this interesting discussion of the history of this tune.