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MERRIWEATHER. AKA - "Meriwether," "Weriwhether." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Titon (2001) finds the tune related to the Irish reels "Tom Ward's Downfall" and "Mourne Mountains (1) (The)," and opines that it is a "rare, appealing, and well-constructed tune." The tune was collected from the playing of W.L. "Jake" Phelps of Todd County, Kentucky, in 1973 by fiddler Bruce Greene. Although no one knows for certain what the title refers to, it is likely it refers to the name of a prominent 19th century Todd County family named Meriwether (note spelling).

Source for notated version: Ky. fiddler Bruce Greene (who learned it from Phelps in 1973) [Phillips]; W.L. "Jake" Phelps (Elkton, Todd County, Ky., 1973) [Titon].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 151. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 133. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 103, p. 132.

Recorded sources: Berea College Appalachian Center AC001, Bruce Green - "Celebration! Old Time Music at Berea." County 786, Clyde Davenport - "Clydoscope" (1986. Probably learned from Bruce Green, says Titon). June Appal JA 026, Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen - "First of Autumn" (1978).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear a harmonica version on youtube.com [2]
Hear W.L. "Jake" Phelps' version, recorded by Bruce Greene (1973) at Berea Digital Archive [3]

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-'''MERRIWEATHER.''' AKA - "Meriwether," "Weriwhether." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Titon (2001) finds the tune related to the Irish reels "[[Tom Ward's Downfall]]" and "[[Mourne Mountains (1) (The)]]," and opines that it is a "rare, appealing, and well-constructed tune." The tune was collected from the playing of W.L. "Jake" Phelps of Todd County, Kentucky in 1973 by fiddler Bruce Greene. Although no one knows for certain what the title refers to, it is likely it refers to the name of a prominent 19th century Todd County family named Meriwether (note spelling).
+'''MERRIWEATHER.''' AKA - "Meriwether," "Weriwhether." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Titon (2001) finds the tune related to the Irish reels "[[Tom Ward's Downfall]]" and "[[Mourne Mountains (1) (The)]]," and opines that it is a "rare, appealing, and well-constructed tune." The tune was collected from the playing of W.L. "Jake" Phelps of Todd County, Kentucky, in 1973 by fiddler Bruce Greene. Although no one knows for certain what the title refers to, it is likely it refers to the name of a prominent 19th century Todd County family named Meriwether (note spelling).
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