Annotation:Fire on the Mountain (5)

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FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN [5]. AKA and see "Old Time Fire on the Mountain." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Franklin County, Va. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. No relation to any other versions by this title. The second strain is a variant of the first, played an octave lower. Tom Carter and Blanton Owen remark that the tune is reminiscent of Norman Edmond's "Hawks and Eagles." See also the tune "Sambo."

Source for notated version: Sam Connor (Copper Hill, Floyd County, Va.) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 86.

Recorded sources: Rounder 0057, Sam Connor - "Old Originals, vol. 1" (1978). Rounder CD 1166, Sam Connor & Dent Wimmer - "Art of Old-Time Mountain Music" (). See also listing at:
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