Rocky Mountain Top, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh don't you remember that (rocky) mountain top, where we lay side by side?" One lover promised to marry the other but is now reneging. The singer rejects the false lover in turn
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Sharp-EnglishFolkSongsFromSouthernAppalachians)
KEYWORDS: love courting rejection
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sharp-EnglishFolkSongsFromSouthernAppalachians 112, "The Rocky Mountain Top" (2 fragments, 2 tunes)
Roud #3608
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "False Young Man, The (The Rose in the Garden, As I Walked Out)" (lyrics)
NOTES [63 words]: It seems clear to me that this is a worn-down version of "The False Young Man (The Rose in the Garden, As I Walked Out)," and earlier versions of the Index lumped them. But Roud has split this piece (his #3608) from the longer British song (#419). I have done the same so that this sub-family may be clearly identified. But I do not consider the distinction genetically valid. - RBW
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File: ShAp112

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