Coon Creek Girls's lyrics & chords

The Coon Creek Girls were a popular all-girl "string band" in the Appalachian style of folk music (a precursor of country music) which began in the mid-1930s. Created (and named) by John Lair for his Renfro Valley Barn Dance show, the band originally consisted of sisters Lily May and Rosie Ledford (from Powell County, Kentucky) along with Esther "Violet" Koehler (from Indiana) and Evelyn "Daisey" Lange (from Ohio). A fixture on the Renfro Valley Barn Dance for over fifteen years, the Coon Creek Girls developed into one of the best known all-wo...read more