- 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 composerDan 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.]Notes
References
*Nathan, Hans (1962). "Dan Emmett and the Rise of Early Negro Minstrelsy". Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.