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~VEN
Seven long
And I wish
Jl;y husband
And now he
LONG YEARS
I
years I ve been married
I'd lived an old maid
has taken to drinking
won 't work at his trade.
IT's a beautiful life on the ocean
'. / Itl a beautiful life on the sea
1 I's a beautiful life on the ocean
My love I have waited for thee.
I have to get up in the morning
I work and toil all day
At night I have to get supper
And put the dear children away
Now b .J~s go down to the bar room
And get him up if you can
Now girls you'll never know trouble
Till after you've Ilhrried a rm.n .
I have a little ship on the ocean
All moun.ted with silver c;.nd gold
Before I8d have another man
That ship would be anchored and sold.
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I gave my
-I gave my
I gave my
I gave my
love
love
love
love
a Cherry without a stone
a chicken without a bone
a ring without an end
a baby with no crying.
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How
How
How
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can
can
can
can
there
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a chicken without a bone?
ring without an end?
a bapy with no crying2
cherry v;hen it's blooming it has no stone
chicken when it's pipp ing it has no bone
ring \men it's rolling it has no end
baby when it's sleeping it has no crying.
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I.G. Greer Folksong Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The I. G. Greer Folksong Collection, presented here as part of the Documenting Appalachia digital initiative, consists of approximately 1,100 document pages that comprise more than 300 individual song titles, some with as many as ten distinct variants. The documents in this collection include manuscripts (some written as early as the mid-19th century), typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s secretarial staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs represented herein range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.</p>
<p>Biographical Note. Isaac Garfield Greer (4 December 1881 - 24 November 1967) was a history and government professor for Appalachian State Teacher's College from 1910 to 1932. A native of Watauga County, North Carolina, he was born to Philip and Mary Greer of Zionville and initially worked as a public school teacher and principal until he was hired at Appalachian State Teacher's College. From 1932 to 1948, he worked as superintendent of Mills Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville, North Carolina. From 1948 to 1954, Greer was the Executive Vice-President of the Business Foundation of North Carolina. Greer and his first wife Willie Spainhour had two sons I.G. Greer, Jr. and Joseph P. Greer. Greer's second wife was Hattie O'Briant. Dr. Greer was an avid collector and singer of folk songs. He was a nationally recognized authority of mountain folk music during his lifetime. A bass player, Greer and his wife, who played the dulcimer, performed at various regional school and civic functions. They were recorded singing several folk songs by Library of Congress from 1941 to 1946. Appalachian State Teacher's College dedicated the I.G. Greer Music Hall in 1966. Greer also had an active civic life. He was the president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association and also served as a Boone City Alderman and in the North Carolina House of Representatives.</p>
<p>Note: University Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) believes in providing access to the historical record in support of the teaching, learning, and research endeavors of the communities it serves. Users should be advised that, due to the historical nature of some resources, users may encounter language or content that is harmful or difficult to view.</p>
Greer Document
Scholarly Classification
Brown, Drink and Gambling Songs -- 29 Randolph. 337
File name
113_SevenLongYearsIveBeenMarried_Lyric_04
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Seven Long Years I've Been Married, Lyric Variant 04
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English
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<a title=" I. G. Greer Folksong Collection" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/15" target="_blank"> I. G. Greer Folksong Collection </a>
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<a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/197"> AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings </a>
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Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967
Subject
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Folk songs--United States
Alcoholism--Songs and music
Regret--Songs and music
Warnings--Songs and music
Marital conflict--Songs and music
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Text
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Beautiful Light Ore the Ocean, Beautiful Light Over the Ocean, Beautiful Light On the Ocean, Don't Never Marry a Drunkard
Publisher
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W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Description
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This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.
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Beautiful Light On the Ocean
Beautiful Light Ore the Ocean
Beautiful Light Over the Ocean
Don't Never Marry a Drunkard
folk songs
music and songs gambling
Seven Lone Years I've Been Married; lyric variant 4
Seven Long Years I've Been Married
songs and music alcoholism
songs and music marital conflict
songs and music regret
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BEAUTIFUL LIGHT ON THE OCEAN
I wish I had someone to love meSomeone to call me their own,
Someone to live with me always;
I'm tired of living alone.
Chorus:
Beautiful light
Beautiful light
Beautiful light
True love, I am
on the ocean,
on the sea,
on the ocean;
waiting for thee.
Seven long years I've been married.
I wish I had died an old maid.
For I've never seen nothing but trouble,
My husband won't work at his trade.
He promised before we were married,
That we would be gallant and gay;
And every night of the winter
We'd go to some ball or some play.
I wish you'd go down to the bar room,
And get him away if you can,
For you never know what's going to happen
To a foolish old drinking man.
For I have to get up in the morningLabor and toil all the day;
And then in the evening get supper
And put the dear children away.
What is the use of repenting;
Where there's a will there's a way.
Any old thing for a husband
Is better than to be an old maid.
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Title
A name given to the resource
I.G. Greer Folksong Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The I. G. Greer Folksong Collection, presented here as part of the Documenting Appalachia digital initiative, consists of approximately 1,100 document pages that comprise more than 300 individual song titles, some with as many as ten distinct variants. The documents in this collection include manuscripts (some written as early as the mid-19th century), typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s secretarial staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs represented herein range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.</p>
<p>Biographical Note. Isaac Garfield Greer (4 December 1881 - 24 November 1967) was a history and government professor for Appalachian State Teacher's College from 1910 to 1932. A native of Watauga County, North Carolina, he was born to Philip and Mary Greer of Zionville and initially worked as a public school teacher and principal until he was hired at Appalachian State Teacher's College. From 1932 to 1948, he worked as superintendent of Mills Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville, North Carolina. From 1948 to 1954, Greer was the Executive Vice-President of the Business Foundation of North Carolina. Greer and his first wife Willie Spainhour had two sons I.G. Greer, Jr. and Joseph P. Greer. Greer's second wife was Hattie O'Briant. Dr. Greer was an avid collector and singer of folk songs. He was a nationally recognized authority of mountain folk music during his lifetime. A bass player, Greer and his wife, who played the dulcimer, performed at various regional school and civic functions. They were recorded singing several folk songs by Library of Congress from 1941 to 1946. Appalachian State Teacher's College dedicated the I.G. Greer Music Hall in 1966. Greer also had an active civic life. He was the president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association and also served as a Boone City Alderman and in the North Carolina House of Representatives.</p>
<p>Note: University Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) believes in providing access to the historical record in support of the teaching, learning, and research endeavors of the communities it serves. Users should be advised that, due to the historical nature of some resources, users may encounter language or content that is harmful or difficult to view.</p>
Greer Document
Scholarly Classification
Brown, Drink and Gambling Songs -- 29 Randolph. 337
File name
113_SevenLongYearsIveBeenMarried_Lyric_03_ocr
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Seven Long Years I've Been Married, Lyric Variant 03
Language
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English
Is Part Of
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<a title=" I. G. Greer Folksong Collection" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/15" target="_blank"> I. G. Greer Folksong Collection </a>
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PDF
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<a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/197"> AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings </a>
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Contributor
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Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967
Subject
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Folk songs--United States
Marital conflict--Songs and music
Alcoholism--Songs and music
Regret--Songs and music
Warnings--Songs and music
Type
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Text
Alternative Title
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Beautiful Light Over the Ocean, Beautiful Light Ore the Ocean, Don't Never Marry a Drunkard, Seven Long Years
Publisher
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W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Description
An account of the resource
This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.
Beautiful Light Ore the Ocean
Beautiful Light Over the Ocean
Don't Never Marry a Drunkard
folk songs
Seven Lone Years I've Been Married; lyric variant 3
Seven Long Years
Seven Long Years I've Been Married
songs and music alcoholism
songs and music marital conflict
songs and music regret
songs and music warnings
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Title
A name given to the resource
I.G. Greer Folksong Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The I. G. Greer Folksong Collection, presented here as part of the Documenting Appalachia digital initiative, consists of approximately 1,100 document pages that comprise more than 300 individual song titles, some with as many as ten distinct variants. The documents in this collection include manuscripts (some written as early as the mid-19th century), typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s secretarial staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs represented herein range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.</p>
<p>Biographical Note. Isaac Garfield Greer (4 December 1881 - 24 November 1967) was a history and government professor for Appalachian State Teacher's College from 1910 to 1932. A native of Watauga County, North Carolina, he was born to Philip and Mary Greer of Zionville and initially worked as a public school teacher and principal until he was hired at Appalachian State Teacher's College. From 1932 to 1948, he worked as superintendent of Mills Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville, North Carolina. From 1948 to 1954, Greer was the Executive Vice-President of the Business Foundation of North Carolina. Greer and his first wife Willie Spainhour had two sons I.G. Greer, Jr. and Joseph P. Greer. Greer's second wife was Hattie O'Briant. Dr. Greer was an avid collector and singer of folk songs. He was a nationally recognized authority of mountain folk music during his lifetime. A bass player, Greer and his wife, who played the dulcimer, performed at various regional school and civic functions. They were recorded singing several folk songs by Library of Congress from 1941 to 1946. Appalachian State Teacher's College dedicated the I.G. Greer Music Hall in 1966. Greer also had an active civic life. He was the president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association and also served as a Boone City Alderman and in the North Carolina House of Representatives.</p>
<p>Note: University Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) believes in providing access to the historical record in support of the teaching, learning, and research endeavors of the communities it serves. Users should be advised that, due to the historical nature of some resources, users may encounter language or content that is harmful or difficult to view.</p>
Greer Document
Informant
Mattie McNiel [Martha Rebecca McNeil], 1897-1980
Informant Note
sister to Anna McNeil, student of Dr. Greer
Collector
Mollie
Other Name(s)
Effie Martin
Scholarly Classification
Brown, Drink and Gambling Songs -- 29<br />Randolph, 337
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Seven Long Years I've Been Married, Lyric Variant 01
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JPEG
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English
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Source
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<a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/197"> AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings </a>
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Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967
Type
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Text
Alternative Title
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Beautiful Light Over the Ocean, Beautiful Light On the Ocean, Don't Never Marry a Drunkard, Seven Long Years
Subject
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Marital conflict--Songs and music
Alcoholism--Songs and music
Regret--Songs and music
Warnings--Songs and music
Folk songs--United States--North Carolina
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<a title="Wilkes County (N.C.)" href="https://www.geonames.org/4499127/wilkes-county.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Wilkes County (N.C.)</a>
<a title="Watauga County (N.C.)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/4497707/watauga-county.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Watauga County (N.C.)</a>
Publisher
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W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Description
An account of the resource
This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.
Beautiful Light On the Ocean
Beautiful Light Over the Ocean
Don't Never Marry a Drunkard
Seven Long Years
Seven Long Years I've Been Married
songs and music
songs and music lyrics