All Music Guide to Country: The Experts' Guide to the Best Recordings in Country Music. ^ Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962, Smithsonian Folkways.^ "Shady Grove: Quicksilver Messenger Service".^ "Shady Grove, Version 5- Jean Ritchie".^ "Sheila Kay Adams - Little Margaret, by Various Artists".^ Ray Allen, Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers and the Folk Music Revival ( University of Illinois Press, 2010), p.Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia. ^ Jean Ritchie, Jean Ritchie's Swapping Song Book (University Press of Kentucky (1999), pp.^ "Far in the Mountains : Volumes 3 & 4".^ "Welcome to the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library".^ Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians as Sung by Jean Ritchie ( University Press of Kentucky, 2d ed.It also was performed by The Dillards on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show - "Divorce Mountain Style." "Shady Grove" has been recorded by numerous artists, including Jean Ritchie, the Kingston Trio, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Mudcrutch, Bill Monroe, Billy Strings, Suzy Bogguss, Crooked Still, Taj Mahal, Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, Blood Oranges, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Chieftains, Uncle Sinner, Jayke Orvis, and Camper Van Beethoven. The tune was also used by folk duo John Roberts and Tony Barrand for "The False Lady", a variant of " Young Hunting".
įairport Convention released a popular version of Matty Groves in 1969 using the traditional "Shady Grove" tune on their album Liege and Lief. Popular versions ĭoc Watson helped popularize "Shady Grove", after presumably learning it from Jean Ritchie, who in turn learned the song from her father. There is also speculation that the name Shady Grove may be a place-name, a woman's name or nickname, or possibly a mondegreen. The fact that "Shady Grove" and "Matty Groves" share a tune suggests that "Shady Grove" is a variant of "Matty Groves". This suggests that the melody may originate in England or Scotland. The Dorian mode melody was first published as "Shady Grove" in the Journal of American Folklore in 1915, but it was traditionally used in Appalachia for the ballad Matty Groves, as sung by traditional singers including Sheila Kay Adams ("Lady Margaret") and Dillard Chandler ("Mathie Groves"). The lyrics describes "the true love of a young man's life and his hope they will wed," and it is sometimes identified as a courting song. Many variants of "Shady Grove" exist (up to 300 stanzas by the early 21st century). The song was popular among old-time musicians of the Cumberlands before being widely adopted in the bluegrass repertoire. " Shady Grove" is a traditional Appalachian folk song (Roud 4456), believed to have originated in eastern Kentucky around the beginning the 20th century.
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