"Rattlesnake Mountain" is a traditional American folk song derived from one of the earliest known American ballads, "On Springfield Mountain".
[1] It is based on the events surrounding the death by snakebite of Timothy Merrick (or Mirick) on August 7, 1761.
[2] Merrick, Charles L., "History of Wilbraham", Vermont, Polygraphic Company of America, Inc, 1964
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