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.
Tags: A Wish You Fair and Pretty Ladies, Come All Ye Extanded Fair Ladies, Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies, Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies, folk songs, I Wish I was a Little Swallow, I Wish I Were a Little Sparrow, Little Sparrow, songs and music birds, songs and music sadness, Young Ladies (Little Sparrow)
