Rattlesnake Mountain (song)
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Rattlesnake Mountain, also known as On Springfield Mountain is a tradition American folk song. Roud Folk Song Index
Roud Folk Song Index
The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of 300,000 references to over 21,600 songs that have been collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world...

 number 431. Laws G16. It is supposed to be based on an actual incident which occurred on August 7, 1761.

Recordings

  • Burl Ives
    Burl Ives
    Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American actor, writer and folk music singer. As an actor, Ives's work included comedies, dramas, and voice work in theater, television, and motion pictures. Music critic John Rockwell said, "Ives's voice .....

     on Historical America in Song
    Historical America in Song
    Historical America in Song, released in 1950 by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, is an album set by folk singer Burl Ives. Each of the six albums consists of five 12-inch vinylite records, for a total of thirty 78 rpm records...

  • Patrick Sky
    Patrick Sky
    Patrick Sky is a musician, singer and songwriter of Irish and Native American ancestry...

     in 1965
  • Woody Guthrie
    Woody Guthrie
    Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...

     on "Sing Folk Songs"
  • Harry Belafonte
    Harry Belafonte
    Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, actor and social activist. He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s...

     in 1953
  • Brooks Williams
    Brooks Williams
    Brooks Williams is an American acoustic guitarist and singer/songwriter. His style combines roots, jazz, blues, classical, and folk...

     on "Inland Sailor" 1994
  • Bascom Lamar Lunsford
    Bascom Lamar Lunsford
    Bascom Lamar Lunsford was a lawyer, folklorist, and performer of traditional music from western North Carolina. He was often known by the nickname "Minstrel of the Appalachians."- Early life :...

     on "Smoky Mountain Ballads"
  • Sam Hinton
    Sam Hinton
    Sam Duffie Hinton was an American folk singer and marine biologist, best known for his music and harmonica playing. Hinton also taught at the University of California, San Diego, published books and magazine articles on marine biology, and worked as a calligrapher and artist.-Biography:Sam Hinton...

     on "The Wandering Folksong"
  • Tara Maclean
    Tara MacLean
    Tara MacLean is a Canadian singer and songwriter...

     on the soundtrack of the movie Inventing the Abbotts
    Inventing the Abbotts
    Inventing the Abbotts is a 1997 romance film directed by Pat O'Connor, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, and Michael Keaton. The screenplay by Ken Hixon is based on a short story by Sue Miller. The original music score is composed by Michael Kamen...

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