Two parts plus a tag. One part in key of A and the other key of D. This is a bluegrass standard where the object is to play it faster than humanly possible.
Links - We have it on CD by Highwoods Stringband [tube], moderately fast.
- We have it on CD by Tommy Jarrell [tube], slow and loping.
- The Milliner-Koken collection [SlipperyHill] has several old recordings.
- The Digital Library of Appalachia [DLA] has even more old recordings.
- The Gypsy Hillbillies [tube] great fast bluegrass.
- There are three versions, each with different chords, in the Phillips Collection.
There is a different tune called Old Time Fire on the Mountain. We had it on CD by Fuzzy Mountain Stringband till we lost the CD at a jam. | Julie Chiles (fiddle) Rebecca Jones (banjo) Brandon Holder (Guitar) |