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MUD FENCE. AKA and see "Drunken Billy Goat," "Rocky Mountain Goat." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Mud Fence [1]" was in the repertoire of Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, fiddler William H. Stepp, 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 different tune called "Mud Fence (2)".

Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Library of Congress AFS 01600 B02, William H. Stepp (1937). 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]




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