Rattlesnake Mountain (song)

"Rattlesnake Mountain"
Song
Genre	American folk music
Songwriter(s)	Traditional

"Rattlesnake Mountain" is a traditional American folk song derived from one of the earliest known American ballads, "On Springfield Mountain". It is based on the events surrounding the death by snakebite of Timothy Merrick (or Mirick) on August 7, 1761.

Merrick, Charles L., "History of Wilbraham", Vermont, Polygraphic Company of America, Inc, 1964

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