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X:1 T:Sambo S:Isham Monday (Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 N:A version of "Fire on the Mountain (1)." F: https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/sambo Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Amix (3EFG|[A2A2])[A2A2][E2A2][EA][EA]|([EA][FA])[FA][FA] [E2A2](3EFG|[F2A2][F2A2] EDCA,|DE[F2A2] [E2A2] (3EFG| [A2A2])[A2A2][EA][DA][EA][EA]|[D2A2][F2A2][E4A4]|[FA][EA][D2A2] [EA][DA]CA,|[D2A2][FA][DA] [E4A4]|efed c2Ac|BAB2+slide+[A4A4]|| |:efed c2A(e|f2)d2f2-f2 |efed c2Ac|BAB2 A4:|

SAMBO. AKA and see "Fire on the Mountain (1)," “Old Time Fire on the Mountain.” American, Reel (cut time). G Major (Phillips): A Major (Titon). Standard, GDgd or AEae tunings (fiddle). AABB (Titon): AAAABB' (Phillips). Versions have been collected from African-American fiddler John Lusk of Kentucky, and a similar version from Kentucky fiddler Isham Monday. The tune is a member of the “Fire on the Mountain (1)”/”Pretty Betty Martin”/”Hog-Eyed Man”/”Granny Will Your Dog Bite? (1)” family of tunes.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Kerry Blech [Phillips]; Isham Monday (Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Ky., 1959) [Titon].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 121. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 146, p. 172.

Recorded sources: -Carryon 004, “The Hellbenders.” Columbia 15013-D (78 RPM), C.L. Ballen (1925).

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