Annotation:Rose in the Mountain
X:1 T:Rose in the Mountain N:John Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin Cty., east Ky.), N:from a 1941/42 home recording by his sons, Glen & Grover. M:C| L:1/8 N:GDae, ADae D:Berea Appalachian Ctr. 003, John Morgan Salyer - "Home Recordings 1941-42" (1993). D:Berea Sound Archives https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4272 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D [A,3D3]F A2d2|ABAF D2D2|[A,3D3]F A>BAd|f2f2[A2e2]-[A2e2]| [A,3D3]F A2de|fgfe d2A2|BcdB AFDE|F2C2 D4:| [A,2D2]eg f2d2|[de][d2f2][de] [d2f2][d2f2]|[A,2D2]eg f2d2|[de][d2f2][de] [d2f2][d2g2]| M:6/4 [A3e3]e efgef2d2|ABde fgfe d2A2|\ [M:C|]BcdB AFDE|F2C2 D4:|]
ROSE IN THE MOUNTAIN. AKA - "Rose of the Mountain," "Rose on the Mountain." American, Reel (cut time). USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard or ADae tuning (fiddle). AABC. A “crooked” tune from the Salyer Family of Magoffin County, Kentucky. Jeff Titon (2001) is of the opinion the tune might have once been a march, although source John Salyer (1882-1952) played it as a reel/breakdown. Titon believes the first strain of “Rose on the Mountain (2),” published by Knauff in 1839 (No. 3) is related, but I find the tune strain similar only in a few measures at the end, and not cognate. There is no musical relationship with Kentucky fiddler J.P. Fraley’s similarly titled “Wild Rose of the Mountain”.