Fire on the Mountain (1)

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X:1 T:Free on the Mountains T:Fire on the Mountain [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 1” (New York, 1814, No. 317, p. 87) B: https://archive.org/details/flutemelodies0000rile/page/n101/mode/2up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D a/b/a/g/ fd|ec d/e/f/g/|a/b/a/g/ fd|ec d2:| |:a/b/a/g/ fg|abc'd'|a/b/a/g/ fg|ad' d'2:|]

X:1 T:Fire upon the Mountains [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel N:"From James Barton." N:Henry Hudson music manuscript collection (1841, No. 311) Q:"Allegro" N:Hudson (1798-1889) was a Dublin dentist and an early collector. N:He was music editor of The Citizen or Dublin Monthly Magazine N:from 1841-1843. F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-2/#page/7/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d/e/d/c/ BG|AF A/B/c|d/e/d/c/ BG|AF G2:| d/e/d/c/ Bc|de =f2|=f/e/d/c/ Bc|de/^f/ g2| d/e/d/c/ Bc|de =f2|=f/e/d/c/ BG|AF G2||

X:1 T:Fire on the Mountains [1] L:1/8 M:2/2 N:The source for the tune is James H. "Uncle Jim" N:Chisholm, Greenwood, Albermarle County, Va. K:Amix efed c2A2|B2G2B2d2|efed c2A2|B2G2 A4:| |:efed c2d2|e2f2g2g2|efed c2d2|e2a2 a4:||

X:1 T:Far in the Mountain T:Fire on the Mountain [1]? N:Source for tune is Red Headed Fiddlers (Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas), N:A.L. "Red" Steeley (1893-1969) and J. Warner "Red" Graham M:C| L:1/8 D:County CD 3524, Red Headed Fiddlers - "Old Time Texas String Bands, vol. 1" (2001) D:Document DOCD-8038 Red Headed Fiddlers - "Texas Fiddle Bands, vol. 1" (1998) D:Brunswick 470 (78 RPM), Red Headed Fiddlers (1929) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/far-mountain Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A +slide+[AA]GAE CDEA|FDFA [=G2A2](G/A/G)|"*"FEDF ECA,C|DEFD E2(3E/F/G/| [AA]GAE CDEA|FDFA [=G2A2](G/A/G)|FEDF ECA,C|"**"[D2A2][FA][DA] [E4A4]| +slide+[e3e3](f/e)/ [de][ce][Ae][ce]|BG-G2 A4:||:(ef)ed [c2e2]d2|f=gaf g2g2| (ef)ed cecc-|BABA c2d2|(ef)ed cecc|BG3 A4:| P:Substitutions: "*"FAFD ECEC|]"**"[D2A2][FA][DA] [E2A2]+slide+[e2e2]-|[ee]fed cdec| BG-G2 A4|]

X:1 T:Fire on the Mountain [1] N:From the playing of Marcus Martin (1881-1974, Swannanoa, western N.C.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEae tuning N:Transcription of the 2nd time through the tune. D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/fire-mountain-4 D:Field Recorders Collective FRC 502, "Marcus Martin" (2004) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A +slide+[e2e2]-|[ee]fed c2d2|e2a2c2d2|efed cBAc|B2G2 A4| [ee]fed c2d2|e2a2c2d2|efed cBAc|B2G2 A4|| |:efed c2d2|e2f2=g4|efed c2d2|ea2b a4| [ee]fed c2d2|e2a2c2d2|efed cBAc|B2G2 A4:|| A2A2 AECE|[D2F2][D2F2 [D3F3][DF]|[D2F2][D2F2] [DF][DF][D=G][DF]|[D2F2][D2F2] [E4A4]| A2AE C2[CE][CE]|[D2F2][D2F2] A=GED|FEDF EDCE|D2D2 [E4A4]|| efed cBAc|B2G2 A4||

X:1 T:Old Daddy Bowback (A) T:Fire on the Mountain [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Transcribed by Joan Moser from the playing of Marcus Martin, S:Swannanoa, N.C., July 25, 1942 (as recorded by Artus Moser) B:North Carolina Folklore, Vol. XII, No. 2 December 1964, p. 5 [1] Z:AK/FIddler's Companion K:Gmix "*"d/e/d/c/ BB/c/|dg B[Ac]|[G/d/]e/d/c/ B/A/G/B/|[DA]^F G2| d/e/d/c/ Bd|[Gd]g [GB]c|d/e/d/c/ B/A/G/B/ |A^F G2| [G/d/]e/d/c/ Bc|dg ec|d/e/d/c/ B/A/G/B/ |[DA]^F G2|| GG G/D/B,/B,/|[CE][CE] [CF]>[CF]|E/C/E/E/ D/B,/D/D/|EE D2| GG/G/ B,B,/B,/|CC/C/ F/E/D/F/ |D/C/E/E/ D/B,/D/D/|EE/E/ [G,2D2]| GG/G/ B,B,/B,/|CC F>F|E/C/E/E/ D/B,/D/D/|[C/E/][C/E/][C/E/][C/E/] [G,2D2]|| P:Substitutions: "*"d/e/d/c/ B/c/d/B/ |A^F G2|| "*"[G/d/]e/d/c/ [G/B/]G/B/c/|[G/d/]de/ [Gf]>e|d/e/d/c/ B/G/B/c/|[G/d/]ga/ [G2g2]:|2 A^F G>G|| "*"[G/d/]e/d/c/ [G/B/]G/B/c/ [D/g/]de/ [Gf]>e|d/e/d/c/ B/G/B/c/|[G/d/]ga/ [G2g2| "*"d/e/d/c/ Bc|dg Bc|d/e/d/c/ B/A/G/B/ |A^F G>G||

X:1 T:Old Daddy Bowback (B) T:Fire on the Mountain [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Transcribed by Joan Moser from the playing of Marcus Martin, S:Swannanoa, N.C., September 11, 1959 (as recorded by Joan Moser) B:North Carolina Folklore, Vol. XII, No. 2 December 1964, p. 5[2] Z:AK/FIddler's Companion K:Gmix d/e/d/c/ Bc|dg Bc|d/e/d/c/ B/A/G/B/|A^F G2| d/e/d/c/ Bc|dg Bc|d/e/d/c/ B/A/G/B/|A^F G>G| "*"GG G/G/B,/B,/|CC F>F|E/C/E/E/ F/E/D/F/|EE/E/ DE/F/|| GG G/G/B,/B,/|CC F>F|E/C/E/E/ F/E/D/F/|EE/E/ !fermata![G,2D2]|| P:Substitutions "*"GG G/D/B,/B,/|[CE][CE] [CE][C/E/][C/E/]|[CE][CE] [C/E/][C/E/][B,/D/][B,/D/]|[CE][CE] [B,D][B,/D/][B,/D/]| "*"GG/G/ [B,/D/][B,/D/][B,/D/][B,/D/]|[C/E/][C/E/][C/E/][C/E/] [CF][C/F/][C/F/]|[C/E/]C/[C/E/][C/E/] [B,/D/]B,/[B,/D/][B,/D/]|[C/E/][C/E/][C/E/][C/E/] [G,2B,2D2]| "*"G/G/G/G/ [B,/D/][B,/D/][B,/D/][B,/D/]|[CE][CE] F/E/D/F/|EE D/C/B,/D/|[CE][CE] DE/F/| "*"GG G/D/B,/B,/|[CE][CE] [CF]>F|E/C/E/E/ D/B,/D/D/|E/E/E/E/ D2|