Of all the tunes in the Old Time songbook, Hell Amongst the Yearlings has to have the best title. I hadn’t known it as an Old Time tune until recently. It is also the name of a Gillian Welch album, her second from 1998. The Old Time tune isn’t on it. The tune is sometimes called Rounding up the Cattle. It’s been well recorded by Old Time outfits and some bluegrass bands as well.

Here are Allison Williams and the Hot Ash Stringband…