My Clinch Mountain Home

Dublin Core

Title

My Clinch Mountain Home

Subject

United States
U.S. South
nostalgia
Appalachia

Description

This song can be used to introduce students to the influence that Appalachian music had on modern country music. Many early country songs were based on British ballads and were combined with musical influences from African-American musical traditions and other groups which settled the area. Moreover, the song serves as another example of deploying the common theme of nostalgia, an example being a reference to an old but popular minstrel song, "Carry Me Back to Virginny." The song follows the story of someone reminiscing about their home in the mountains whilst being far away. Clinch Mountain is a reference to the Clinch Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia.

Creator

songwriter: Carter Family

Date

1929

Rights

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Language

English

Type

genre: country

Coverage

United States

Is Referenced By

McDonald, James J. "Principal Influences on the Music of the Lilly Brothers of Clear Creek, West Virginia." The Journal of American Folklore 86, no. 342 (1973): 331-44.
Fry, Robert W. "Preforming the South." In Performing Nashville: Music Tourism and Country Music's Main Street. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 46.

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