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Rattlesnake Mountain (song)

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Written
  
1761?

Language
  
English

Writer(s)
  
Tranditional

Rattlesnake Mountain is a traditional American folk song derived from one of the earliest known American ballads, "On Springfield Mountain". It is based on the events surrounding the death by snakebite of Timothy Merrick (or Mirick) on August 7, 1761.

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

    • References

    Rattlesnake Mountain (song) Wikipedia
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