“Valley Forge” is a traditional old-time fiddle tune. Like many tunes in that tradition, its ultimate origin is unknown; it survives through the playing of generations of fiddlers, and its name links it — as a number of old-time tunes do — to a place in American history.
The tune is a reel, typically played in a major key at a steady dance tempo. It belongs to the old-time string-band repertoire, music meant for fiddling and for dancing, passed along by ear rather than from any single composer.
This recording features Russ Carson, an old-time and bluegrass banjo player, who included the tune on the album “Songs That Birds Don’t Sing.”
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