Mike Meldrum

Tenor Banjo

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Rock Creek Rag

Music by Mike Meldrum - 2000,  Words by Jim Bottorff - 2022

Part 1::
C	-	F	C
-	-	D7	G7
C	-	F	E7
F              Cdim	C             A7	D7             G7	C      (repeat part 1)
Part 2:
F	-	C7	F             C7
F	-	G7	C7
F	-	C7	F             F7
Bb            Bbm	F             D7	G7            C7	F             G7
Part 1::
C	-	F	C
-	-	D7	G7
C	-	F	E7
F              Cdim	C             A7	D7             G7	C              C7
Ending::
F              Cdim	C             A7	D7             G7	C             (End)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Play: Parts 1, 1, 2, 1, Ending

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Part 1:

Hike along, sing a song, won't be long, goin' to Rock Creek.

Humm a tune, be there soon, see the moon, high in the sky at Camp Rock Creek.

Honey bees, in the trees, feel the breeze, camping at Rock Creek.

Take a mate, fill your plate, don't be late, it's so great, singing to the Rock Creek Rag.

 

Ride a bike, take a hike, look for Mike, goin' to Rock Creek.

Read a book, bait a hook, learn to cook, high in the sky at Camp Rock Creek.

Jump a log, feed a frog, in the fog, camping at Rock Creek.

Take a mate, fill your plate, don't be late, it's so great, singing to the Rock Creek Rag.

 

Part 2:

Banjos strummin', people hummin' a tune that's filling the air.

There's lots of clappin', lots of laughin' plus plinky plunkin' and plunky plinkin'.

The campfire's burnin', people learnin' to keep their treats in a bag.

The nightlife is hummin', and the banjos are strummin', playing Rock Creek Rag.

 

Part 1:

Drive your Jeep, hills are steep, beep beep beep, goin' to Rock Creek.

Swim the lake, find a snake, bake a cake, high in the sky at Camp Rock Creek.

Young and old, look for gold, in the cold, camping at Rock Creek.

Take a mate, fill your plate, don't be late, it's so great, singing to the Rock Creek Rag.

 

Ending:

Take a mate, fill your plate, don't be late, it's so great, singing to the Rock Creek Rag.

 

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Watch Mike Meldrum and Dick Martin perform "Rock Creek Rag" (Youtube)

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Mike Meldrum composed "Rock Creek Rag" while camping in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.

Because of hand and other serious injuries in the military, he developed the tune as a finger exercise for playing his tenor banjo.

Mike was awarded two Purple Hearts plus other decorations for his service in the Vietnam War.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com