# Shady Grove

## Classification

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

## Writer / Source

Traditional Appalachian song family, related to older British Isles ballad/tune strains

## Earliest Located Evidence

Collected in early twentieth-century Appalachian tradition

## Context

Traditional song with many variants; Scrips working version should be labeled as arrangement.

## 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 Historical references below are research leads unless a specific comparison is documented.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://archives.vwml.org/
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/shady-grove.txt
- Cleaned Scrips ChordPro source: Shady Grove.chopro
- Existing site status: listed in master repertoire, potential/reference, unknown
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; listed as potential song

## 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: 0
- Tuning/comment: not documented

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: none documented in this pass
- Roud number: Roud 4456 / related families vary by index

## Open Questions

- Confirm the chosen variant and G-major chord treatment against the band’s actual modal/major arrangement. Preserve supplied chords until the band resolves it.
- 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

Lyrics and chord cues supplied; variant and musical approval needed. 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.