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Folk music " Shady Grove " ( Roud 4456) [ 1 ] is a traditional Appalachian folk song , [ 2 ] believed to have originated in eastern Kentucky around the beginning the 20th century. [ 3 ] The song was popular among old-time musicians of the Cumberlands before being widely adopted in the bluegrass repertoire. [ 4 ]
The song has been recorded by other performers. [4] The song is sometimes known by one of its verses, "Tempie let your hair roll down" [citation needed], and is the basis for the campfire song "I Wish I Was a Little Bar of Soap" [citation needed]. Natalie Wood sings two verses of the song in the 1947 film, Driftwood.
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"Good Old Mountain Dew" (ROUD 18669), sometimes called simply "Mountain Dew" or "Real Old Mountain Dew", is an Appalachian folk song composed by Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Scotty Wiseman. There are two versions of the lyrics, a 1928 version written by Lunsford and a 1935 adaptation by Wiseman. Both versions of the song are about moonshine. The ...
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"Cumberland Gap" (Roud 3413) is an Appalachian folk song that likely dates to the latter half of the 19th century and was first recorded in 1924. The song is typically played on banjo or fiddle, and well-known versions of the song include instrumental versions as well as versions with lyrics.