>I've just come across two references to "boar hog's eye" in old blues songs: > >Texas Alexander: "Bo' Hog Blues" >She got little bitty legs, gee, but below her thighs >She got little bitty legs, gee, but below her thighs >She got something on-a-yonder works like a bo' hog's eye > >Geeshie Wiley: "Skinny Leg Blues" >I got little bitty legs, gee, but below those thighs >I got little bitty legs, gee, but below those thighs >Ah, gee, but below those thighs >I got something underneath and it works like a bo' hog's eye > >It seems as if Pigpen may be basing what he sings on modified (or perhaps >mis-remembered) >versions of this, given the similarities.
Great research! I agree, it seems quite close to Pig's Lovelight sequence. It also makes me wonder if when people have been quoting Pig as saying "great big noble thighs" he may have been saying the above... -Kenny
