Annotation:Rocky Road to Denver

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ROCKY ROAD TO DENVER. AKA and see “Oh My Foot,” “Where is My Other Foot?” Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Ozarks. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. A relative of the familiar British Isles tune “Temperance Reel.” The tune is sometimes mistakenly called “Rocky Road to Dublin.”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Gene Goforth (1921-2002, High Ridge, Mo.), learned from Roy Wooliver [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed sources : - Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 48.

Recorded sources: - Rounder CD-0435, “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 1.” Rounder CD-0388, Gene Goforth – “Emminence Breakdown” (1997).