It is used by
Bernard Herrmann as one of the principal themes in the film score to the movie
The Devil and Daniel Webster to represent the plight of the New Hampshire farmers. Mentioned in
Michael Martin Murphey's song
Cherokee Fiddle, popularized by
Johnny Lee. The song was also featured on the consonant sound animated insert on
Sesame Street that featured an animated violinist playing the song on a violin until the violinist's violin strings broke. Pa from
Little House on the Prairie plays the song on the fiddle in the first book of the series,
Little House in the Big Woods. It is used in the film
12 Years a Slave in the opening scenes, played by the character Solomon Northup during a small gathering of white individuals dancing. It was played by
Tim Fain, an accomplished violinist who co-arranged the soundtrack for the movie. Appears in the film ''
Rosemary's Baby'' (1968) on a television showing a Western film's barroom brawl. == See also ==