Hog Eye Man

[@danzay1121]

Hogeye Navvy played our wedding in 1995. 29 years this summer.

[@PhoebusApollo14]

Love the little monologue at the beginning

[@Cyclonus5]

I've also heard a hog eye refers to a flat bottomed river boat who just went between ports on a river so a hog eye man is a fake sailor.

[@evesofia9722]

Wow, thank you!

[@thaddeuslindsay5872]

Oh. I always assumed it was a penis.

[@talarm6395]

@@thaddeuslindsay5872 😂

[@johnnygoode2755]

during the 1800s agriculture and River barge shipping were the two main sources of income in South Carolina where this was written

[@ashtonlockhart1061]

Thank you so much! I grew up listening to Hog Eye Navvy and I'm so happy to be able to listen on youtube whenever I want. Thanks!

[@uriahl2331]

This is sooooo good.

[@catamaraner]

THANK YOU: Great job! Most versions aren't as peppy and melodic as this one. The only other with a sound a little like this one is the X-Seamen in Heart of Oak, but I like your lyrics better. Will look for your performances in future! BTW folk, "hog eye" is often used to refer to the female apparatus -- according to the musico-historical boffins at Mudcat, although I think given the context of this song, it's debatable ;-)

[@thevillagewitch]

Too fun!

[@user-rq5bj2li4n]

Nice choice

[@ssdvn]

Amazing!

[@Frenchy39586]

I always heard that a hog eye was the harpoon man on a whaling vessel.

[@jacksonshirrell2612]

Where does the poetry before the song come from?

[@thomastheawesome4822]

0:30

[@FoxInferno13]

HEY NEVER SKIP THE INTRO!

[@yeeyee6529]

1:50

[@terrybakerii330]

I think ts a man wearing a sword knot on his hat. A cyclops .

[@mattwilliams6369]

Oy

[@TheDustysix]

Lyrics Please.

[@user-rq5bj2li4n]

Gg

[@AlexSoetekouwProductions]

Is this on Spotify?

[@kuklamaus]

No(((

[@LarboardAnimations9660]

Howdy, Alex!

[@dennissiefker-doc9978]

Lyrics Waterson:Carthy sing Hog-Eye Man Oh, hand me down my riding cane, I'm off to meet my darlin' Jane. Chorus (after each verse): And a hog-eye! Railroad navvy with his hog-eye, Steady on a jig with a hog-eye, oh, She wants the hog-eye man! Oh, the hog-eye man is the man for me, Sailin' down from o'er the sea. Oh, he came to the shack where Sally did dwell, He knocked on the door, he rung a bell. Oh, who's been here since I been gone, Railroad navvy with his sea-boots on. If I catch him here with Sally once more, I'll sling me hook, go to sea once more. Oh, Sally's in the garden sifting sand, Her hog-eye man sittin' hand in hand. Oh, Sally's in the garden, punchin' dough, The cheeks of her arse go chuff, chuff, chuff! Oh, I won't wear a hog-eye, damned if I do, Got jiggers in his feet and he can't wear shoes. Oh, the hog-eye man is the man for me, He is blind and he cannot see. Oh, a hog-eye ship and a hog-eye crew, A hog-eye mate and a skipper too.

[@gustavojendiroba]

Those ain't right, this version is different. It sounds something like "With a hog eye! Oh railroad navvy with a hog eye. Yo roll as sure with a hog eye yo. She wants a hog eye man"

[@danpontello226]

0:30

[@benjaminwhitehead4050]

Don't skip the intro! XD