I'm Gwine ober de Mountain

I'm Gwine ober de Mountain

"I'm Gwine ober de Mountain", also spelled "I'm Going ober de Mountain", is an American song written by blackface minstrel composer Dan Emmett. The song may be a precursor to "Dixie", as evidenced by its line "Away down south in de Kentuck brake"; [Quoted in Nathan 260.] in comparison, "Dixie" includes the line, "Away down south in Dixie". The first phrase of "I'm Gwine ober de Mountain" was probably modeled after "The Spinning Wheel", an older English song. [Nathan 182.]

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References

*Nathan, Hans (1962). "Dan Emmett and the Rise of Early Negro Minstrelsy". Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.


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