Creek's All Muddy and the Pond's All Dry (The)

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Also known as	Spring's All Muddy and the Pond's All Dry (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Upland South)
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Artist	Biography:Burl Hammons
Title of recording	Fiddling of Burl Hammons (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	AHR-017
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CREEK'S ALL MUDDY AND THE POND'S ALL DRY. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. The name of a fiddle tune in the repertoire of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, fiddler Burl Hammons. The title comes from a line in the third verse of a folk song called "Bird Song," which McNeil claims is derived from the Child ballad (No. 26) "The Three Ravens," first published in 1611. The verse goes:

Well, said the shitepoke to the crow,
Now, don't you wish that it would snow;
The creek's all muddy and the pond's all dry,
If it wasn't for the tadpoles, we'd all die.

Recorded source: AHR-017, "The Fiddling of Burl Hammons."

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