Blue Mountain
First recording and first release by Terry Gilkyson, The Easy Riders, Rich Dehr, Frank Miller (October 23, 1957 / February 1958)
- Written by
- Fred Keller
- Publication date
- 1918
- Language
- English
- Comments
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"Blue Mountain" [Roud 10661; Judge Fred Keller, ca. 1918] is at the edge of a high, isolated range between the Dolores River of Colorado and the Colorado River of Utah. On the bare slope is a growth of spruce trees that from a distance looks like the outline of a horse's head. It has been a landmark for the inhabitants on this remote region since the early days. Keller wrote the words set to a Texas folk tune called "Bound Down in the Walls of Prison." There are many variants but typically they have this chorus:
Blue Mountain you're azure deep
Blue Mountain your sides so steep
Blue Mountain with a horse head on your side
My love you've won to keep - Published by
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KICKING MULE PUBLISHING
GEMA
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