Sourwood Mountain | Lyrics & Piano Sheet Music and Free Orff Orchestration Sheet Music

from the MMF Songbook

Sourwood Mountain is an Appalachian folk song.

Lyrics for 'Sourwood Mountain'

Chicken crowin' on Sourwood Mountain,
Hey de-ing dang diddle alley day.
So many pretty girls I can't count 'em,
Hey de-ing dang diddle alley day.

My true love she lives in Letcher,
Hey de-ing dang diddle alley day.
She won't come and I won't fetch her,
Hey de-ing dang diddle alley day.

Activity for 'Sourwood Mountain'

Try a folk dance with your students/neighborhood kids in a double circle formation.
1) Side gallop to the right for 4 beats
2) Stomp (quarter note), Stomp (quarter note), Patch (four sixteenth notes followed by a quarter note on "diddle alley day")
3) Side gallop to the left for 4 beats
4) Stomp (quarter note), Stomp (quarter note), Patch (four sixteenth notes followed by a quarter note on "diddle alley day")
5) Swing partner (hook right arm) for four counts
6) Stomp (quarter note), Stomp (quarter note), Patch (four sixteenth notes followed by a quarter note on "diddle alley day")
7) Swing partner (hook left arm) for four counts
8) Stomp (quarter note), Stomp (quarter note), Patch (four sixteenth notes followed by a quarter note on "diddle alley day")