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On top of Old Smokey
Song record
peer reviewed
by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky
Song Title
On top of Old Smokey (
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Composer(s):
John Edmunds
Author(s):
Traditional
Keyword(s) & Features:
America
;
American
;
Appalachia
;
Appalachian Mountains
;
Boys
;
Courting
;
Darling
;
Decaying
;
Dust
;
False Love
;
False-hearted
;
Farewell
;
Feeding
;
Folk Song
;
Girls
;
Graves
;
Grief
;
Hay
;
Horses
;
Hunger
;
Losing
;
Lost Love
;
Loveless
;
Lovers
;
Old Smokey
;
Parting
;
Pleasure
;
Poor
;
Robbing
;
Slow
;
Snow
;
Sparking
;
Thieves
;
True Love
;
Trusting
;
Truth
;
Unrequited Love
;
Worse
First Line
On top of Old Smokey (
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Year of composition
1953 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=127896
Musical Form
Modified strophic (
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Original Language
English (
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Score Source
https://www.worldcat.org/title/folk-songs-american-english-irish/oclc/7201051&referer=brief_results
Difficulty Level
HS (
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Range:
E4 - F5 (
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Original Key
F Major (
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Dedicated To
Henry Carmichael (
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Recommended Printed Source
R. D. Row Music Company, "John Edmunds: Folk Songs" (
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Contributor
GTM (
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