Cripple Creek (folk song)

[1] Its time of composition is unknown, and according to Bob Coltman, the tune is probably older than the lyrics.

When Cecil Sharp collected folksongs in the Appalachian Mountains in 1917 he found two versions of "Cripple Creek", one from Lizzie Abner of Oneida, Kentucky[5] and another from Alice Wilson of Pineville, Kentucky, a variant which begins "Buck Creek Girls, don't you want to go to Somerset?

Tony Saletan performed a banjo instrumental of "Cripple Creek" on Episode 27 (December 16, 1969) of the first season of Sesame Street to accompany a limberjack demonstration.

Leo Kottke performed a fingerpicked acoustic guitar arrangement on his 1971 album Mudlark.

"Uncle" Homer Walker performed the song in 1978 for the album Virginia Traditions - Non-Blues Secular Black Music (Smithsonian Folkways) U. S. Senator Robert Byrd recorded the song for his 1978 album Mountain Fiddler.