Here is a wonderful tune from outstanding North Carolina fiddler, ballad singer, and multi-instrumentalist Marcus Martin. He wa born in the Aquone community of Macon County in 1881.  He learned many of his tunes from his father, Rowan Martin. Martin was a jack-of-all-trades who lived most of his adult life in Swannanoa where he raised a family and played for local dances and festivals until his death in 1974.

“Polly Put the Kettle On” is a beautiful and unusual tune, completely unrelated to the major-key tune which shares its name. Manco Sneed of Jackson County, NC recorded a variant of Martin’s “Polly Put the Kettle On;” I know of no other versions of this tune.

Polly Put the Kettle On (dance speed, mp3)[wpdm_file id=379]

Polly Put the Kettle On (sheet music, pdf)[wpdm_file id=380]