Annotation:Mud Fence
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MUD FENCE. AKA and see "Drunken Billy Goat," "Rocky Mountain Goat." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The tune was also in the repertoire of Magoffin County, Kentucky, fiddler William H. Stepp, who recorded for the Library of Congress in 1937. It is a member of the tune family that includes "Damon's Window/Winder," "The Devil in Georgia [2]," "Grand Hornpipe [1]," "Railroad(ing) Through the Rocky Mountains," "Ride the Goat Over the Mountains," "Rocky Mountain Goat," and "Swiss Chalet."
Source for notated version: J.P. Fraley (Rush, Kentucky) [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 159.
Recorded sources: Yazoo 2013, William Stepp - "The Music of Kentucky, vol. 1."