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'''ROCK CREEK GIRLS'''. AKA and see "[[Buck Creek Girl]]," "[[Old Dad]]," "[[Pigtown Fling]]," "[[Stoney Point]]," "[[Wild Horse]]." American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAAABB'.  "Rock Creek Girls" is fiddler Isham Monday's (1879-1964) version of "[[Buck Creek Girl]]," the upland Kentucky title for the reel widely known in the South as "[[Stoney Point]]" and "[[Wild Horse]]." All of these tunes are derivative of Scottish/Irish "[[Miss McLeod's Reel]]."
'''ROCK CREEK GIRLS'''. AKA and see "[[Buck Creek Girl]]," "[[Old Dad]]," "[[Pigtown Fling]]," "[[Stoney Point]]," "[[Wild Horse]]." American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAAABB'.  "Rock Creek Girls" is fiddler Isham Monday's (1879-1964) version of "[[Buck Creek Girl]]," the upland Kentucky title for the reel widely known in various parts of the South and MidWest as "[[Old Dad]]," "[[Pigtown Fling]]," "[[Stoney Point]]," "[[Wild Horse]]" and other titles. The 'Rock Creek' title seems unique to Monday, however.
[[File:isham.jpg|350px|thumb|left|Elizabeth & Isham Monday]]
[[File:isham.jpg|350px|thumb|left|Elizabeth & Isham Monday]]
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<font color=red>''Source for notated version''</font>: - Isham Monday (1879-1964), Monroe County, south-central Kentucky, situated on the Pennyroyal Plateau region, a hill-country.
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Latest revision as of 15:55, 11 July 2019


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ROCK CREEK GIRLS. AKA and see "Buck Creek Girl," "Old Dad," "Pigtown Fling," "Stoney Point," "Wild Horse." American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAAABB'. "Rock Creek Girls" is fiddler Isham Monday's (1879-1964) version of "Buck Creek Girl," the upland Kentucky title for the reel widely known in various parts of the South and MidWest as "Old Dad," "Pigtown Fling," "Stoney Point," "Wild Horse" and other titles. The 'Rock Creek' title seems unique to Monday, however.

Elizabeth & Isham Monday



Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Isham Monday (1879-1964), Monroe County, south-central Kentucky, situated on the Pennyroyal Plateau region, a hill-country.

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Hear Isham Monday's 1959 field recording, by D.K. Wigus, at Berea Sound Archives [1]



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