The Cheat River
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Cheat River" is an American reel in D Major. The parts are played AB.<br> The Cheat River runs from West Virginia, flowing into the Monongahela in<br> Point Marion, Pa., close to the West Virginia/Pennsylvania border.<br> The Battle of Cheat Mountain, also known as the Battle of Cheat Summit Fort, took place<br> from September 12 to 15, 1861, in Pocahontas County and Randolph County, Virginia (now<br> West Virginia) as part of the Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.<br> It was the first battle of the Civil War in which Robert E. Lee led troops into combat.<br> The battle had little effect on either the campaign or the war; both forces after the<br> battle were in positions similar to their positions before the battle.<br> This tune is not related to "Three Forks of Cheat"<br> Bayard (1981) notes that this tune in a composite from international strains:<br> the 'A' part being the same as the 'A' of "O'Dwyer's Reel" and the 'B' part corresponding<br> to the 'A' parts of the German "Erster Schottisch" and the English "Nancy's Fancy".<br> Both this tune and "O'Dwyer's Reel" are related to "Soldier's Joy" and "Come Dance and Sing".<br> It was collected from Charles Berkey in Somerset County, Pa. in 1957 by Samuel Bayard.<br> It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981).<br>
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