Sourwood Mountain

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Song TitleSourwood Mountain (Search)
Composer(s):Ernst Bacon
Author(s):Traditional
Keyword(s) & Features: Chickens; Crowing; Daisies; Devil; Ducks; Folk Song; Geese; Girls; Innumerable; Jeff; Laziness; Love; Nonsense Syllables; Oceans; One Octave or Less; Ponds; Si Hall; Sourwood Mountain; Women; Working
First LineChickens a-crowin' on Sourwood mountain (Search)
Average Duration1:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1944 (Search)
Larger WorkAlong Unpaved Roads: Songs of a Lonesome People, a collection of eight American folk songs (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Difficulty LevelHS (Search)
Range: Eb4 - Eb5 (Search)
Original KeyEb Major (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceDelkas Music Publishing Company (Search)
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