Cripple Creek

A traditional or public-domain selection preserved in the band’s working songbook.

Status: listed in master repertoire · traditional/public domain or hymn/fiddle tune
Writer / source: Traditional Appalachian fiddle/banjo tune
Rights: Public domain in the United States. Traditional arrangement by The Scrips.
Related Scrips recording: No Scrips recording linked yet.

Source research

Documented lineage

Earliest evidence: Early twentieth-century field/commercial old-time tradition
Aliases / index: No alternate title or index recorded.
Working arrangement: Key G

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Lyrics + source text

Working song sheet

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Cripple Creek
Traditional Appalachian fiddle/banjo tune
Rights: public-domain-us

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Archive note

lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; appears in setlist

Chords

G · C · D