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Composed by Braxton County, West Virginia, old-time fiddler Ernie Carpenter (1909-1997).

According to the booklet accompanying Carpenter's LP, the story behind the tune is one of a difficult adjustment to a forced change in Ernie's life. He had worked most of his life for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Clarksburg, prior to retiring in 1972 to his home in Braxton County, West Virginia.

He was a regular visitor during his working years to his homeplace on the Elk River, and was witness to the planning and construction of the Sutton Dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the river during the 1950's and 1960's.

Unfortunately, this resulted in the flooding of his boyhood home and the surrounding area, despite the efforts of himself and neighbors to forestall the project through a lobbyist. He refused the government's initial offer for his land (they didn't offer him anything for his house), and took the case to court.

He was able to gain a marked increase in the money he eventually was paid through this process, although he had to pay legal fees out of his pocket. He stayed in his Elk River homestead while the dam was being constructed, even though most of his neighbors had already left. Workmen blocked the roads in and out of the area, but Carpenter found alternate routes until they too were closed off.

"I was the last person out of there," he said," I went ahead then and tore the old place town and brought it up here. Part of its in this house." Of the tune, he remarked: "I was sittin' here one day, an' I had the blues. I reckon as bad as anybody could, thinkin' about my old homeplace up on the Elk River. I started sawin' on the fiddle an' that's what I came up with."

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+|f_track=Elk River Blues.mp3
-|f_pdf=The Rolling Hornpipe.pdf
+|f_pdf=Elk River Blues.pdf
-|f_artwork=Colonial Children.jpg
+|f_artwork=Ernie Carpenter.jpg
-|f_tune_name=The Rolling Hornpipe
+|f_tune_name=Elk River Blues
-|f_track_title=Rolling_Hornpipe_(The)
+|f_track_title=Elk River Blues
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+|f_section=abc
-|f_played_by=[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCREcb3llNYmclT-nIYl2ayw Les Harpies, Freddy Eichelberger, Odile Edouard]
+|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/jatek-zenekar Jatek Zenekar]
-|f_notes=Colonial Children (1902).
+|f_notes=Ernie Carpenter (1909-1997)
-|f_caption=The principle amusements of the young men were wrestling, running and jumping, or hopping three hops. Dancing was considered an important thing to know. Dancing to step-tunes, such as Old Father George, Cape Breton, High Betty Martin and the Rolling Hornpipe were favorites.
+|f_caption=According to the booklet accompanying Carpenter's LP, the story behind the tune is one of a difficult adjustment to a forced change in Ernie's life.
-|f_source=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-QGwle9y6k Youtube]
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-|f_article=[[Rolling_Hornpipe_(The) | '''The Rolling Hornpipe''']]
+|f_article=[[Elk River Blues | '''Elk River Blues''']]
-"The Rolling Hornpipe" may have had 17th century Cheshire or Lancashire origins, but it received wide dissemination as a country dance and tune(s), albeit in several variations and derivatives that can be seen/heard as "[[Roaring Hornpipe (The)]]" (Wales), "[[Rowling Hornpipe]]," "[[Rowland Hornpipe]]," "[[Cheshire Rolling Hornpipe]]," "[[Oldham Rowling Hornpipe]]" and others.
+Composed by Braxton County, West Virginia, old-time fiddler Ernie Carpenter (1909-1997).
-There are wide differences between these melodies, yet all seem united by title, purpose and a kind of musical pattern or structure. "Cheshire Rowling Hornpipe", for example, is in a minor key in Walsh's '''Third Book''', set in 3/4 time with the seventh sharpened in a conventional way, but Wright has it in 3/2 time in a major key (and within the compass of the bagpipes).
+According to the booklet accompanying Carpenter's LP, the story behind the tune is one of a difficult adjustment to a forced change in Ernie's life. He had worked most of his life for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Clarksburg, prior to retiring in 1972 to his home in Braxton County, West Virginia.
-John Offord (1985) speculates that the designation as 'rolling' hornpipes in the titles may have to do with not having syncopation in the melodies.  It was imported to the New World and the Rolling Hornpipe as a dance is named in 19th century articles and books as a favorite country dance, particularly among the young.
+He was a regular visitor during his working years to his homeplace on the Elk River, and was witness to the planning and construction of the Sutton Dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the river during the 1950's and 1960's.
-For example, '''Colonial Children''' (1902, p. 193), by Albert Bushnell Hart and Blanche Evans Hazard, in speaking of older New Hampshire pastimes records:
+Unfortunately, this resulted in the flooding of his boyhood home and the surrounding area, despite the efforts of himself and neighbors to forestall the project through a lobbyist. He refused the government's initial offer for his land (they didn't offer him anything for his house), and took the case to court.
-<blockquote>
-''The principle amusements of the young men were wrestling, running and jumping, or hopping three hops. Dancing was''
-''considered an important thing to know. Dancing to step-tunes, such as Old Father George, Cape Breton, High Betty'' ''Martin and the Rolling Hornpipe were favorites.''
-</blockquote>
-The same tunes were earlier mentioned in the same context in the '''Historical Magazine''' of 1873 (p. 367).  Similarly, Rolling Hornpipe is mentioned by Estelle M. Hart in her article "In the Days of Old Father George and High Betty Martin" ('''Connecticut Magazine''', vols. 1-2, 1895, p. 52):
+He was able to gain a marked increase in the money he eventually was paid through this process, although he had to pay legal fees out of his pocket. He stayed in his Elk River homestead while the dam was being constructed, even though most of his neighbors had already left.  Workmen blocked the roads in and out of the area, but Carpenter found alternate routes until they too were closed off.
+"I was the last person out of there," he said," I went ahead then and tore the old place town and brought it up here. Part of its in this house." Of the tune, he remarked: "I was sittin' here one day, an' I had the blues. I reckon as bad as anybody could, thinkin' about my old homeplace up on the Elk River. I started sawin' on the fiddle an' that's what I came up with."
 }}