Annotation:Wild Rose of the Mountain (1)
X: 1 T: Wild Rose of the Mountain [1] O: J.P.Fraley N: A pretty, crooked Kentucky tune in J. P. Fraley's repertoire. Fraley plays it N: at moderate speed. Not obviously related to the Irish tune of the same name. R: reel Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> F: http://www.abbamoses.com/fiddledo/wildrose.pdf N: It's not clear whether this is best written in Amix or Amajor. M: C| L: 1/8 K: Amix (3ef^g \ | a2a2 gagf | efed c2(3ef^g | a2a2 gagf |[M:2/4]edc2 |[M:C|] e8- | e6 a2- | a2a2 gagf | efed c2A2 | EFAB cdcB |[M:2/4] A^G3 |[M:C|] A4- | A6 :| |: A,2- \ | A,B,CE A2AB | cdef gagf | efed cdcB |[M:2/4]AG3 |[M:C|] E8- | E6 A,2 | A,B,CE A2AB | cdef gagf | efed cdcB |[M:2/4]A^G3 |[M:C|] A8- | A6 :|
WILD ROSE OF THE MOUNTAIN [1]. Old Time, Breakdown (irregular measures in both parts). USA, Kentucky. A Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B (Silberberg): AABB (Brody, Phillips): AA'BB' (Reiner & Anick). "Wild Rose of the Mountain," popularized via the playing of Kentucky fiddler J.P. Fraley (1924–2011), is a moderately paced reel, played deliberately almost as a listening tune. The story attached to the tune, according to Reiner & Anick, says it was "written for a beautiful girl who strayed from one man to the next at local (Ky.) dances," although their source for this tale is unknown. There is some discrepancy about whether the G note in the next to last measure of the second strain should be sharp or natural. Similarities with Henry Reed’s “Kitchen Girl” are inescapable.