Annotation:Mud Fence

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MUD FENCE. AKA and see "Drunken Billy Goat," "Rocky Mountain Goat." American, Reel (cut time). USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard or ADae tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Mud Fence" was in the repertoire of Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, fiddler William H. Stepp (1875-1947), who was recorded for the Library of Congress in 1937 by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax. It is a member of the tune family that includes "Damon's Window/Damon's Winder," "Devil in Georgia (2) (The)," "Grand Hornpipe (1)," "Railroading Through the Rocky Mountains," "Ride the Goat Over the Mountains," "Rocky Mountain Goat," and "Swiss Chalet." Fiddler J.P. Fraley (1924-2011), of Denton, northeast Kentucky, some fifty miles north of Salyersville, had a distanced by cognate version of Stepp's tune.

Source for notated version: J.P. Fraley (1924-2011, Denton, northeast Kentucky) [Philllips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 159.

Recorded sources: Library of Congress AFS 01600 B02, William H. Stepp (1937). Rounder 0037, J.P. & Annadeene Fraley - "Wild Rose of the Mountain" (1973). Yazoo 2013, William Stepp & Walter Williams - "The Music of Kentucky, vol. 1."

See also listing at:
Hear fiddler William H. "Bill" Stepp and banjo player Walter Williams at youtube.com [1] and Slippery Hill [2]
Hear J.P. Fraley's recording at Slippery Hill [3] and at youtube.com [4]