Spring Field Mountain

What is a news ballad?

• Describing an actaul occurance

• a funeral song

• 80 pop

• love song

Who role did the colonial sing assume?

• victim

• Journalist

• hero

• female singer

Oldest known American news ballad, "Springfield Mountain" was about who?

• King George

• George Washington

• Bob Fincklemyer

• Timothy Myrick

On Friday, August 7th 1761 he was bitten by a rattle snake doing what?

• Chopping Trees

• Mowing a family meadow

• Getting water from the well

Which ones these is not a version of the song of the original.

• Myrick

• Curtis

• Sally

• Molly

• All of the above

Who sang the 1940 "Springfield Mountain"

• Francis Hopkins

• John Stanford Smith

• Folk singer John Galusha

• Francis Scott Key

The 1761 ballad was sung to what tune

• Old Hundred Psalm

• Sherburne

• Anacreon-tic Song

• Star Spangled Banner