# Cripple Creek

## Classification

- Queue shelf: light
- Current website category: public-domain
- Research category: public-domain
- Rights status: traditional-variant-awaiting-review
- Confidence: working-variant-review

## Writer / Source

Traditional Appalachian fiddle/banjo tune

## Earliest Located Evidence

Early twentieth-century field/commercial old-time tradition

## Context

Traditional tune with many floating words.

## Rights Assessment

Older song or tune family. The source of this particular working version and its arrangement is still being reviewed. These working notes do not establish clearance of the exact lyric, tune variant, or arrangement. Historical references below are research leads unless a specific comparison is documented.

## Source Links

- https://www.loc.gov/collections/
- https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/cripple-creek.txt
- Cleaned Scrips ChordPro source: Cripple Creek.chopro
- Existing site status: listed in master repertoire, traditional/public domain or hymn/fiddle tune
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; appears in setlist

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: G
- Capo: not documented
- Tuning/comment: not documented

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: none documented in this pass
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- The supplied chart explicitly says G shapes, capo 2, sounding A. Confirm the 4/4, 130 BPM arrangement and supply tuning.
- Identify the exact text/tune variant and arrangement used by the band before treating this working sheet as publication-cleared.

## Website review — 2026-08-30

Instrumental: lyrics not applicable; accompaniment chart supplied. The text and chord export were inspected for usable content; file existence is not a completed-song-sheet check. Final performance accuracy remains for the band to approve.