ALLIE CROKER. AKA - "Ally Croaker," "Ally Crocker," "Alley Crocker." AKA and see "Alas My Little Bag," "Stick the Minister," "The Shamrock Cockade." Scottish, Irish, English, American, Canadian; Reel, Country Dance. USA, New England. D Major. Standard. AB (Kerr's, Messer): ABB (Brody): AABB (Miller & Perron, Sloanaker, Sweet). This song, as "Ally Croker," was written and music composed by Lawrence (Larry) Grogan of Johnstown Castle, County Wexford, who was reknowned as a "gentleman piper" and composer of Irish airs (Grogan, by the way, was the first performer on the improved version of the Irish pipes called the uilleann or (archaically) Union pipes). It is his most famous composition. Both the air and song date from 1725, according to Crofton Croker, with single sheet editions of the song from c. 1730 and c. 1740 extent. The lyrics describe the vagarancies of a disappointed suitor of Miss Alicia Croker, the sister of Edward Croker, High Sheriff of County Limerick (for more on Larry Grogan and Alicia Croker see T.C. Croker's Popular Songs of Ireland). It quickly found favor and was adopted by ballad singers, inform Flood (1906) and O'Neill (1913), and was soon introduced into the play Love in a Riddle (1729), Sam Foote's comedy The Englishman in Paris (1753, in which the lyrics were slightly revised and the tune called "Ally Croaker," by which spelling it usually appears after this date), and Kane O'Hara's Midas (1760). The tune was printed by Rutherford c. 1754 in his Choice Collection of 60 Country Dances.
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In 1803 the air was wedded by George Colman to a song entitled "The Unfortunate Miss Bailey" and Tom Moore used it for his lyric "The Shamrock." The English musicologist Chappell claimed the air was English because of its appearence in "Love in a Riddle," however, Flood asserts Larry Grogan is the author/composer due to a reference to the tune by Pierce Creagh of County Clare in his 1730 "The County of Limerick Buck Hunt." Creagh may have been partisan though, for he and Grogan were great friends (Creagh even named one of his race horses after him-- "Larry Grogan" won at least one purse for its owner). "Allie Crocker/Croaker" continued to be in vogue throughout the century and was the air set to the song "The Shamrock Cockade," popular in Munster with the Irish Volunteers (1774-1784). It is one of the "lost tunes" from William Vicker's 18th century Northumbrian dance tune manuscript. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 21. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 8 (appears as "Ally Croaker"). Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; No. 9, pg. 22. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 6. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 26, pg. 26. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 135 (Appears as "Alice Crocker's Reel"). Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964; pg. 47. Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller- "Castles in the Air."
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CASTLES IN THE AIR. AKA and see "Wee Willie Winkie/Winkle." English, Scottish, Irish; Reel, Schottische or Slow Strathspey. A Major (Roche): G Major (Raven): E Flat Major (Hardie). Standard. AB (Hardie, Kennedy): ABB (Roche): AABB (Cole). The tune is associated with the children's rhyme "Wee Willie Winkie/Winkle." James Dickie transformed the song into a slow strathspey, printed in Hardie's Beauties of the North. Source for notated version: James F. Dickie (Scotland) [Hardie]. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 81 (mistakenly listed in the 'Jig' section). Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 44 (strathspey version). Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune Book), Vol. 1, 1951; No. 44, pg. 22. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 176. Roche Collection, 1982; Vol. 3, pg. 47, No. 145. Fretless Records 119, Rodney and Randy Miller--"Castles in the Air."
CATTLE IN THE CROPS. Canadian, New England; Double Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by Jim Magill. Source for notated version: Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin]. Begin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 30, pg. 43. Jarman (The Cornhuskers Book of Square Dance Tunes), 1944; pg. 6. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 29. Fretless Records 119, Rodney and Randy Miller--"Castles in the Air".
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COME UP THE BACK STAIRS. AKA and see "Merry Dance." New England, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 27. Page (Ralph Page Book of Contras), 1969; pg. 3. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 69. Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller--"Castles in the Air."
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DUKE OF ATHOLE'S COURTSHIP. AKA and see "Huntingtower." Scottish, Air (4/4 time). E Major. Standard. One part. The melody is today usually known as "Huntingtower," which is the name of a ruin near Perth, though it was originally called Ruthven Castle. The castle has a fascinating history which began with its construction in the 13th century. Additions were subsequently built, until by the 1500's it consisted of two castles joined together. Neil (1991) tells us: "The tower is reknowned for 'the maiden's leap which is the name given to the 9 foot gap between the two buildings, 60 feet from the ground across which the daughter of the 1st Earl of Gownie leaped on being discovered with her lover." In August, 1582, the Earl of Gownie perpetrated the "Raid of Ruthven" when he treacherously seized the 16 year of James IV of Scotland and held him captive. Surprised, James began to cry, though was mortified when one of his captors responded "Better bairns greet than bearded men." James never forgave this remark, and, aided to escape, later exacted his revenge. The old Highland ballad (based on a traditional story of the ducal family of Athol) begins:
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Blair in Athole's mine Jeanie,
Fair Dunkeld is mine, lassie,
Saint Johnstown's bower and Huntingtower
A a' that's mine is thine lassie.
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Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 116, pg. 154.
FIRST WESTERN CHANGE. Canadian, Jig. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard. AABB. The tune shares at least the first strain (which Bayard {1981} thinks is "rather old") with "Rustic Reel," "Libby Prison Quickstep," "City Guards," "Oh Dear Mother, My Toes Are Sore." Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 78. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 136, pg. 88. Apex AL 1613, "The Best of Don Messer and his Islanders, Vol. 6." F&W Records 1, "F&W String Band." Fretless Records 119, Rodney and Randy Miller-- "Castles in the Air."
GREAT GLEN OF SCOTLAND, THE (Gleann Mor na h-Albainn). Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AAB. "This air celebrates a part of the country more replete with interesting objects to the admirers of the works of nature or gigantic labour,--to the artist in point of grand scenery, and to the sportsman and angler, in their respective pursuits,--than any other part of the island. The picturesque views the editor could point out along the chain of lakes cannot be exceeded in sublimity. The contrast formed by tyhe lakes and vales below with the more elevated sloping wooded skirts, broken with waterfalls, backed by the seemingly conic land-mark of Mealfuarvony, i.e., 'Cold Pinnacle', or the stupendous Ben Nevis unremittingly capped with snow,--and with a clear day giving a view of most of the western isles from its tip, form, perhaps, some of the grandest landscape subjects to be met with, and all within this great glen. The valleys and cascades formed by the various rivers are no less interesting, and particularly the falls of Foyers and Moriston, rivers which should be traced to their sources by sportsmen and anglers. These are the works of nature; but the words of herculean labour in this quarter merit attention. Firstly, the ancient chain of vitrified forts; second, the parallel roads of Glenroy, communicating with an arm of this great glen. The castles of Inverness, Urquhart, Glengarry, and Inverlochy. The government forts, and the towns and harbours which terminate this valley at each sea,--Cromarty being one of the finest navy stations in Europe, which any other nation would be proud to possess, the military and parliamentary roads and bridges, and finally, the Caledonian Canal, rendering this part as likely to become interesting, in a commercial point of view, as it is in point of attractive scenery" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 89, pg. 34.
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GREEN MOUNTAIN PETRONELLA. New England; Reel or Polka. G Major (Brody, Miller & Perron/1983, Phillips, Spandaro, Sweet): F Major (Miller & Perron/1978). Standard. AAB (Miller & Perron/1978): AABB (Brody, Miller & Perron/1983, Phillips, Spandaro, Sweet). Canterbury, New Hampshire caller and musician Dudley Laufman has been credited with finding and disseminating this tune. Sources for notated versions: Rodney Miller (Antrim, N.H.) [Phillips]; David Sullivan [Spandaro]. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 126. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 73. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 97. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 105. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 41. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 45. Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller- "Castles in the Air." Alcazar Dance Series FR 204, Rodney and Randy Miller- "New England Chestnuts, Vol. II" (1981).
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J. B. MILNE REEL. Scottish, Reel and Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). A Major. Standard. AB (Carlin): AA'BB' (Page). The melody is a 20th century composition by Angus Fitchet, already ensconced in traditional repertoire. Fitchet was born in Dundee in 1910 and became a leading country dance band leader and fiddler during the mid-20th century in Scotland. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 115, pg. 74. Page (The Ralph Page Book of Contras), 1969; pg. 23. Fretless Records 119, Rodney and Randy Miller--"Castles in the Air."
LITTLE BURNT POTATO. AKA - "Burnt Potato." American, Canadian, Irish; Single Jig. USA; New England, New York, Missouri. Canada; Maritimes, Ontario. D Major. Standard. AB (Begin): AABB (Brody): AA'BB' (Bayard, Carlin, Messer, Miller & Perron, Perlman, Phillips). "Little Burnt Potato" was popularized by Canadian Maritime radio and TV fiddler Don Messer. The tune has been characterized as Irish in origin, though Perlman (1996) attributes it to Nova Scotia fiddler Colin Boyd. It was in the repertoire of Cyril Stinnett (1912-1986), a fiddler who epitomized the "North Missouri Hornpipe Style," and who knew many Canadian tunes from listening to late-night radio when northern stations came in loud and clear. Omer Marcoux's version is a combination of "Blackberry Quadrille" and "Little Burnt Potato." Sources for notated versions: Bradley Grimshaw (northern N.Y.; 1958) [Bayard]; Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa) [Begin]; transplanted French-Canadian fiddler Omer Marcoux {1898-1982} (Concord, N.H.), who identified the tune as "Irish" [Miskoe & Paul]; Francis MacDonald (b. 1940, Morell Rear, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 573, pg. 510. Begin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 1, pg. 15. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 170. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 235, pg. 137. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 157, pg. 106. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 24. Miskoe & Paul (Omer Marcoux), 1994; pg. 45. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 131. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 371. F&W Records 6, The Fireside String Band-- "Square Dance Tunes for a Yankee Caller." Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller- "Castles in the Air." Fretless 122, William Santos- "Ole Time Fiddling 1976."
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NANCY [1]??? New England, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB. Fretless 199, Rodney and Randy Miller--"Castles in the Air."
NORTHERN LIGHTS [2]. AKA and see "The Oak Tree." Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller--"Castles in the Air."
OLD ROSIN THE BEAU. See also "Rosin the Beau," "Rosin the Bow," "Mrs. Kenny," "Cill Cais (Church of Cais)" [pronounced 'kill cash']. English, American; Jig, Air and Waltz. G Major. Standard. AABB. The tune "Old Rosin the Beau," or "Rosin the Beau," has a varied and extensive history and has served a number of functions. On the minstrel stage it was one of the frequent songs of the character Mr. Corn Meal, a creation of the white blackface performer Jim "Daddy" Rice, who based his version on that of a street singer he heard in New Orleans. As a dance tune it was cited as commonly played for Orange County, New York, country dances in the 1930's {as "Old Rosin the Bow"} (Lettie Osborn, New York Folklore Quarterly). Jarman (Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes); No. or pg. 16. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), Vol. 1, 1951; No. 99, pg. 49. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; pg. 29. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 100. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 23. Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller--"Castles in the Air" (played as a waltz).
PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Garfield's Hornpipe," "Blue Water Hornpipe," "High Level Hornpipe." American, Canadian; Hornpipe. USA, New England. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton. B Flat Major (Brody, Cole, Kerr, Miller & Perron, Perlman, Phillips): D Major (Sweet). Standard. AABB. President James A. Garfield, the twentieth U.S. chief of state (elected in 1880) was assassinated by a lone anarchist, a European immigrant, shortly after taking office, making his one of the shortest terms in that office. The composition is credited to Harry Carleton in Cole's 1001, but it is known as a New England tune. Sources for notated versions: Rodney Miller (Antrim, N.H.) [Phillips]; Kenny Chaisson (b.c. 1947, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Rollo Bay) [Perlman]. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 221. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 101. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; pg. 42. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 100. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 115. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 216. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 42. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. NMAS 1972, Natalie MacMaster - "Fit as a Fiddle" (1993). Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller--"Castles in the Air." Glencoe 001, Cape Breton Symphony- "Fiddle." Green Mountain GMS 1052, "No Curb Service Anymore: The Pine Island Band." Philo 119, Rodney and Randy Miller- "Castles in the Air." Rounder 7008, "Jerry Holland."
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ROCK VALLEY. Canadian (originally), American; Jig. USA, New England. Canada, Ontario, Prince Edward Island. C Major. Standard. AABB (Jarman, Miller & Perron): AA'BB' (Begin, Phillips). Composed by John Burt (Canada) [Jarman]. Sources for notated versions: Clem Myers [Phillips]; Sidney Baglole (b. 1912, Southwest Lot 16, West Prince County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Freetown) [Perlman]; Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa). Begin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 4, pg. 18. Jarman (The Cornhuskers Book of Square Dance Tunes), 1944; pg. 14. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 26. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 146. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Music), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 377. Fretless 103, "Clem Myers: Northeast Regional Old Time Fiddle Champion 1967 & 1970. Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller--"Castles in the Air." Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Rodney Miller - "Choose Your Partners: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire" (1999).
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ROLLSTONE MOUNTAIN. New England, Contra Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. AB. Composed by Ralph Page. Page (Ralph Page Book of Contras), 1969; pg. 15. Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller-- "Castles in the Air."
SHUTTER'S HUMOURS. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard. AAB. See note for "Shuter's Hornpipe." Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 359.
SI BHEAG, SI MHOR. AKA - "Sidh Beag Agus Sidh Mor," "Sheebag, Sheemore," "Sheebeg and Sheemore," "Shebeg, Shemore," "Shi Bheag, She Mhor." AKA and see "The Hills of Haversham," "The Bonny Cuckoo." Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard. One part (Ó Canainn): AB (Cranitch): AABB (most versions). The air, according to O'Sullivan (1958) and tradition, was probably the first composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). The title of the air often appears as "Sheebag, Sheemore," an Englished version of the original Gaelic "Si Bheag, Si Mhor" which means "so big, so little," but it has been suggested that "Si" is derived from the medieval Irish "Siod," meaning "fairy hill" or "fairy mound;" thus the title may also refer to "big fairy hill, little fairy hill." It seems that the young Carolan first found favor at the house of his first patron, George Reynolds at Letterfain, Co. Leitrim (himself a harper and poet), who told the harper the legend of the two nearby hills and the fairy bands who lived inside. These fairies had a great battle with much shooting, and Reynolds encouraged Carolan to write a song about the event. Some versions of the legend have the mounds being topped by ancient ruins, with fairy castles underneath in which were entombed heros from the battle between the two rivals. O'Sullivan believes the air to be an adaptation of an older piece called "An chuaichin Mhaiseach" ("The Bonny Cuckoo" or "The Cuckoo"), which can be found in O'Neill, Bunting (1796) and Mulholland's Collection of Ancient Irish Airs (1810). A dance by Gail Tickner appeared in CDSS news #69, March/April 1986 by the title "The Bonny Cuckoo" to the melody.
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The following set of words for Si Bheag, Si Mhor was published by the Irish Text Society in The Poems of Carolan (Amhrain Chearbhallain):
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Imreas mór tháinig eidir na ríoghna,
Mar fhíoch a d'fhás ón dá chnoc sí,
Mar dúirt an tSídh Mór go mb'fhearr í féin,
Faoi dhó go mór ná 'n tSídh Bheag.
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"Ní raibh tú ariamh chomh uasal linn,
I gcéim dár ordaíoch i dtuath ná i gcill;
Beir uainn do chaint, níl suairceas ann,
Coinnigh do chos is do lámh uainn!"
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An tráth chruinnigh na sluaite bhí an bualadh teann,
Ar feadh na machaireacha anonn 's anall;
'S níl aon ariamh dár ghluais ón mbinn
Nár chaill a cheann san ár sin.
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"Parlaidh! Parlaidh! agus fáiltím daoibh,
Sin agaibh an námhaid Charn Chlann Aoidh,
Ó bhinn Áth Chluain na sluaite díobh,
'S a cháirde grá dhach, bí páirteach!"
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Source for notated version: Shetland fiddler Aly Bain via Fred Breunig (Putney, Vt.) [Miller]. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 253. Bunting, 1796; No. 63. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 98, Matthiesen (Waltz Book I), 1992; pg. 42. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; Vol. 1, No. 58. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 24, pg. 27. Phillips (Fiddle Case Tunebook: British Isles), 1989 {B}; pg. 43. Reiner (Anthology of Fiddle Styles), 1979; pg. 55. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1), 1999; pg. 41. Acorn Music, Tony Elman - "Shakkin' Down the Acorns." CBS MK 42665, Pierre Bensusan - "Spices" (1988). Claddagh CC18, Derek Bell- "Carolan's Receipt" (appears as "Sidh Beag Agus Sidh Mor"). June Appal 014, John McCutcheon- "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" (1977. Appears as "Si Bheag, Si Mhor"). Kicking Mule 206, Tom Gilfellon- "Kicking Mule's Flat Picking Guitar Festival." Kicking Mule 301, Happy Traum - "American Stranger" (1977. Learned from Boys of the Lough). North Star NS0031, "Dance Across the Sea: Dances and Airs from the Celtic Highlands" (1990). Rooster Records, "Swallowtail." Rounder 0113, Trapezoid - "Three Forks of Cheat" (1979). Rounder 3038, Pierre Bensusan - "Musiques" (1979). Shanachie 79002, "Boys of the Lough" (1973). Shanachie 79009, "Planxty" (appears as "Si Bheag, Si Mhor"). Shanachie 79013, Derek Bell - "Carolan's Receipt" (1987). Shanachie 97011, Dave Evans - "Irish Reels, Jigs, Airs and Hornpipes" (1990). Trailer 2086, "Boys of the Lough" (1973). Transatlantic 341, Dave Swarbrick- "Swarbrick 2." Warner Brothers, Dave Bromberg- "My Own House" (appears as "Si Bheag, Si Mhor").
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WEE WILLIE WINKLE. AKA and see "Castles in the Air."
WEST FORK GALS/GIRLS. AKA - "Westfort Gals." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, Virginia. D Major. Standard. AABB. Known as a West Virginia tune. Perlman (1979) thinks it may be related to the Irish reel "The Wexford Lasses" (both title and music?). Clay County, West Virginia, fiddler Wilson Douglas identifies the location of the title as the West Fork of the Little Kanawha river, in West Virginia, and thinks that influential regional (eastern Ky., West Va.) fiddler Ed Haley learned the tune in Clay County, W. Va. The West Fork is where "they used to have their big dances when (his mentor, French Carpenter) was a young man, back when they were logging," states Douglas, who also said that French played the tune in the 1920's along with one Anderson Dawson, who knew Ed Haley. Gerry Milnes says the river flows through Calhoun County, W.Va., and that there is a large, traditional old-time music community in that area. Krassen (1973) notes the tune is popular with fiddlers in the Gilmer County, West Virginia, region. Sources for notated versions: Fuzzy Mountain String Band (North Carolina) [Brody]; Danny Gardella [Phillips]; French Carpenter via Wilson Douglas (W.Va.) [Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 288. Carlin (English Concertina), 1977; pg. 24. Krassen (Appalachian Fiddle), 1973; pg. 30. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 254 (two versions). Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller- "Castles in the Air." Marimac AHS#1, Wilson Douglas. Rounder 0024, "Hollow Rock String Band." Rounder 0035, Fuzzy Mountain String Band- "Summer Oaks and Porch" (1973. Learned from Ira Mullins & Wilson Douglas, Clay County, W.Va.). Rounder 0047, Wilson Douglas - "The Right Hand Fork of Rush's Creek" (1975). Rounder CD 0392, John Hartford - "Wild Hog in the Red Brush and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have Heard" (1996. Learned from Wilson Doublas). Shanachie Records 6040, Gerry Milnes & Lorriane Lee Hammond - "Hell Up Coal Holler" (1999). Tennvale 002, Roaring Ramblers- "Galax 73."