Lyrics
(Folk song)
Chicken’s crowing on Sourwood Mountain,
Hey ho, diddle-um day.
So many pretty girls, I can’t count ’em,
Hey ho, diddle-um day.
See also
- Country: Southeastern States (US)
- Harmony: partner song with Little Red Caboose / Orff arrangements / chords I IV V
- Melody:Â tonic triad / C,D,F,G,A,C’
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
 (see below) / 
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: drmsl
- Source: Making Music Your Own, Grade 6, Silver Burdett Company, 1965 / Source: The American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, Harcout Brace and Company, 1927
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- Printable & Digital Rhythm Visuals
- Song with chords, Partner song with Little Red Caboose, Lesson ideas for Rhythm (Quarter & Eighth notes, Eighth/Sixteenth note patterns, Rests, Dotted quarter/eighth note pattern), 2 Orff Arrangements (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
4 thoughts on “Sourwood Mountain”
I am enjoying your blog. Great lesson ideas! Which notation software are you using? Your scores are so clear!
I’m glad you’re finding some helpful ideas! I use Sibelius! I love it!
Hi Beth. I’m working on finishing my Masters and would really like to use this version of Sourwood Mountain (in addition to two other versions I have,) but I need to be able to site a source. Do you happen to have that information? I suppose I could site you/your website, but if it’s from a book, that might make my comparison more legitimate. Thanks for any help you may be able to offer.
I think the easiest would be to cite my website. I find folk songs from all different sources, and sometimes I meld the different versions into my own version. So I can’t say for sure where I found this song. 🙂