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