Annotation:Mud Fence

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X:1 T:Mud Fence M:C| L:1/8 S:W.H. "Bill" Stepp (Kentucky) R:Reel N:ADae tuning (fiddle) D:Library of Congress AFS 01600 B02 (1937) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/mud-fence Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D [D2A2]f2 fgfe|[D2B2]g2 gage|[D2A2]f2 fgfd|edcB A2[FA][FA]| [D2A2]f2 fgfe|[D2B2]g2 gaga|b2fg aece|d2 (3gfe de:| |:[A,D]-|[A,2D2]FD [F2A2][F2A2]|defa ecdB|G2 [GB]G F2[FA]F|E2 EF EDCE| D2 DE F2[F2A2]|defa ecdB|(Bc)dA F2AF|EDCE D3:||

MUD FENCE. AKA and see "Drunken Billy Goat," "Rocky Mountain Goat," "Swiss Chalet." American, Reel (cut time). USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard or ADae tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Mud Fence" was in the repertoire of Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, fiddler William H. Stepp (1875-1947), 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 distanced by cognate version of Stepp's tune.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - J.P. Fraley (1924-2011, Denton, northeast Kentucky) [Philllips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 159.

Recorded sources: - Library of Congress AFS 01600 B02, William H. Stepp (1937). Rounder 0037, J.P. & Annadeene Fraley - "Wild Rose of the Mountain" (1973). 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]
Hear J.P. Fraley's recording at Slippery Hill [3] and at youtube.com [4]

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