Rattlesnake Mountain (song)
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| "Rattlesnake Mountain" "Springfield Mountain" |
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| Written | 1761? |
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| Language | English |
| Recorded by | Burl Ives, Patrick Sky, Woody Guthrie, Harry Belafonte, Bascom Lamar Lunsford |
Rattlesnake Mountain, also known as On Springfield Mountain is a tradition American folk song. Roud Folk Song Index number 431. Laws G16. It is supposed to be based on an actual incident which occurred on August 7, 1761.[1]
[edit] Recordings
- Burl Ives on Historical America in Song
- Patrick Sky in 1965
- Woody Guthrie on "Sing Folk Songs"
- Harry Belafonte in 1953
- Brooks Williams on "Inland Sailor" 1994
- Bascom Lamar Lunsford on "Smoky Mountain Ballads"
- Sam Hinton on "The Wandering Folksong"
- Tara Maclean on the soundtrack of the movie Inventing the Abbotts
[edit] External references
[edit] References
- ^ Waltz, Bob. "Remembering The Old Songs: Springfield Mountain" (web reprint from Inside Bluegrass February 2003). http://www.lizlyle.lofgrens.org/RmOlSngs/RTOS-SpringfieldMountain.html. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
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