Adding after 2 1/2 yars- The sourwood is a small tree, Oxydendrum arboreum, with white flowers, one of the heath family, growing in eastern North America. It is no relation to the flame and flamboyant tree of the tropics.

Sourwood Mountain is a dance tune (as noted, no relation to Springfield Mt. and its snakes) with many verses often made up fresh by the performer. The variant in the DT is typical, but here are two from Randolph, with the common "rooster" verse in the first:

Lyr. Add: SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN

My gal lives at the head of the holler,
Hi di rinktum diddle dum a day
She won't come and I won't foller
Hi di rinktum diddle dum a day!

Roosters a-crowin' on Sourwood Mountain
Tell my love I better get away
Roosters a-crowin' on Sourwood Mountain
Hi di rinktum diddle dum a day!

Geese in the pond an' ducks in the ocean,
Hi di etc.
Devil's in the women when they take a notion
Hi di etc.

Oh the big dog'll bark an' the little un 'll bite you,
Hi di etc.
The big gal'll kiss an' the little 'un'll fight you,
Hi di rinktum etc.

Ms May Kennedy McCord, MO, 1938

Lyr. Add: SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN

Old man, old man, I want your daughter,
Hi ho diddle dum, hi ho day,
To make my bread an' pack my water,
Hi ho diddle dum a day.

Young man, young man, you can have her,
Hi ho diddle dum, hi ho day.
But she won't work, an' I cain't make her,
Hi ho diddle dum day.

Joshua C. Keithley, MO, 1940.
Both from Randolph, Ozark Folksongs, vol. 3, pp. 155-157