Annotation:Cheat Mountain

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CHEAT MOUNTAIN. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There is a Cheat Mountain in eastern West Virginia. West Virginia fiddler Israel Welch played Cheat Mountain for square dances in the eastern panhandle of the state.

Source for notated version: Armin Barnet (Seattle, Washington) [Songer].

Printed sources: Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 47.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Hear Cecil & John Snow's field recording at Slippery Hill [1]




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