Annotation

Written by Bascom Lamar Lunsford and first recorded by him in 1928. Lunsford sold the song to Scott Wiseman of Lulu Belle & Scotty, who revised the lyrics. Wiseman's version is by far the more commonly performed today.

Annotation last modified on 2020-12-01 00:12 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist:Scott Wiseman
Bascom Lamar Lunsford (in 1920)
composer:Bascom Lamar Lunsford (in 1920)
arranger:Lulu Belle (in 1939)
Scott Wiseman (in 1939)
is based on:Old Mountain Dew (original lyrics, begins "On my first day in court...")

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1959-09-14Mountain DewThe Stanley Brothers2:45
1962-12-08Mountain Dew (live, 1962-12-08: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)liveLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs2:26
1962-12-08Mountain Dew (live, 1962-12-08: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)liveLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs3:14
1964-08-28(Good Ole) Mountain Dew (mono)coverBill Anderson and The Po’ Boys?:??
1964-08-28(Good Ole) Mountain DewcoverBill Anderson and The Po’ Boys2:56
1964-08-28Mountain DewcoverBill Anderson2:59
1969Mountain DewcoverFreddy2:11
1972-12-02Mountain Dew (live, 1972-12-02: Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY, USA)liveKris Kristofferson with Willie Nelson2:52
1975-05-17Medley: Sittin’ on Top of the World / Hand Me Down My Walkin’ Cane / Good Old Mountain Dew / Careless Love / Blue Moon of Kentuckylive, medley and partialBill Monroe6:22
1991-10-31Mountain Dew (live, 1991‐10‐31: VERA, Groningen, Netherlands)cover and liveWeen?:??
1992-03-14Mountain Dew (live, 1992‐03‐14: Cicero's, St. Louis, MO, USA)cover and liveWeen5:20
2022-12-16【KARAOKE ENDURANCE 歌枠】Singing Until 766,000 Subscribers! ~cover and liveNanashi Mumei?:??
Good Old Mountain DewDavid Grisman & Tony Rice?:??
Good Old Mountain DewcoverBob Dylan & Johnny Cash1:54
Good Old Mountain Dew (1969-02-18: Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN, USA)coverBob Dylan & Johnny Cash1:50
Good Ole Mountain Dew[unknown]3:02
Good Ole Mountain Dewcover and liveBuck Owens2:42
I’ll Tell Me Ma / Mountain Dew / Mursheen Durkincover and medleyBrier3:28
Mountain DewThe Stanley Bros.?:??
Mountain DewliveThe Stanley Brothers1:52
Mountain DewThe Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys2:45
Mountain DewcoverStompin’ Tom Connors3:13
Mountain DewThe Stanley Brothers2:55
Mountain DewcoverDoc Watson3:13
Mountain DewcoverBob Dylan & Johnny Cash1:49
Mountain Dew (live, 1972-12-02: Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveKris Kristofferson2:39
Mountain Dew (live karaoke performance for "【歌枠|UNARCHIVED KARAOKE】One More Silly Singing Stream ! ~")cover, live and partialNanashi Mumei?:??
Mountain Dew (live, 1975-02-26: Panther Hall, Fort Worth, TX, USA)cover and liveWillie Nelson2:36
Mountain DewLulu Belle & Scotty2:44
Mountain DewcoverWillie Nelson2:08
Mountain Dewcover and liveWillie Nelson3:11
Mountain DewcoverWillie Nelson2:07
Mountain DewcoverWillie Nelson2:07
Mountain DewcoverWillie Nelson2:09
Mountain DewcoverWillie Nelson2:05
Mountain DewcoverWillie Nelson2:09
Mountain DewcoverWillie Nelson2:09
Mountain DewcoverWillie Nelson2:11
Mountain DewThe Stanley Brothers2:43
Mountain DewThe Stanley Brothers2:40
Mountain DewliveThe Stanley Brothers2:36
Mountain DewFaron Young1:14
Mountain DewGrandpa Jones2:13
Mountain Dew (take 1)coverBob Dylan & Johnny Cash2:34
Mountain Dew (take 2)coverBob Dylan & Johnny Cash1:50
The Old Mountain DewliveCharlie Smith & The Potomac Valley Boys4:35