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Watermelon on the Vine

Source Recording: Big Country Bluegrass (2007)

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Key C Time 4/4

Chorus × 2

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C / /C /

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G / /G /

C / /C /

F / C /

G / /G /

C / /C /

Verse × 2

C / F /

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/C / /C /

G / /G /

C / /C /

F / C /

G / /G /

C / /C /

Song Details

Also Known As

Watermelon Hanging on the Vine, Watermelon Hangin' on that Vine

Songwriter

Thomas Westendorf

First Release

Henry Whitter (1925)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Contemporary Bluegrass Traditional Old-Time

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

Big Country Bluegrass

Album

Twenty Years of Grass cover

Twenty Years of Grass (2007) Bluegrass Discography

Key C Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 164 BPM Length 2:15

Musicians

Jeff Michael — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Tommy Sells — Mandolin
Lynwood Lunsford — Backup Vocals, Banjo
Alan Mastin — Bass
Teresa Sells — Backup Vocals, Guitar

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Other Notable Recordings

The Monroe Brothers

Watermelon Hangin’ on that Vine

Single: Watermelon Hangin’ on that Vine (1937) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

The Stoneman Family

Watermelon on the Vine

Cuttin’ the Grass (1976) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys

Watermelon on the Vine

Stanley series. Vol. 1, no. 2 (1982) Bluegrass Discography

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Musicians

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