For comparison, here's the program for a more structured contest in Iowa in 1899, far from Appalachia (from the Waterloo "Courier," Aug. 18, 1899, p. 1):


“Each contestant must confine himself to no less than two of the following tunes: ‘Sugar in the Gourd,’ ‘Arkansas Traveler,’ ‘Devil’s Dream,’ ‘Boney Crossing the Alps,’ ‘Buckwheat Cakes and [']Lasses,’ ‘Hell on the Wabash,’ ‘Leather Breeches,’ ‘Irish Wash Woman,’ ‘Pop Goes the Weasel,’ ‘Old Dan Tucker,’ ‘Old Mother Flannigan.’”

Presumably these were the most popular at that time and place.

The one title I don't recognize is "Buckwheat Cakes and 'Lasses." The Traditional Tune Archive, however, offers a tune called "Buckwheat Batter," reported from northern states. It was recorded in 1926.

"Hell on the Wabash" presumably originated in Indiana.