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Rattlesnake Mountain (song)
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"Rattlesnake Mountain" is a traditional American folk song derived from one of the earliest known American ballads, "On Springfield Mountain".[1] It is based on the events surrounding the death by snakebite of Timothy Merrick (or Mirick) on August 7, 1761.[2]
Recordings
- Woody Guthrie on Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs (1940s, released 1989)
- Burl Ives on Historical America in Song (1950)
- Harry Belafonte (1953)
- Bascom Lamar Lunsford on Smoky Mountain Ballads (1953)
- Patrick Sky (1965)
- Sam Hinton on The Wandering Folksong (1966)
- Brooks Williams on Inland Sailor (1994)
- Tara Maclean for the soundtrack of the movie Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
References
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