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A DREAM OF HOME
I sat alone at the midnight hour
And watched the starlit sky.
And dreamed I heard my mother say:
"I wish my boy was nigh.
I know not where he is tonight
He crossed the troubled main.
But this I know if life holds out
He'll wander back again.
Chorus:
He's coming home, oh, joyful thought,
My boy no more will roam.
A letter here says, Mother dear,
I'm coming, coming home.
He's gone tho' now far, far away,
Perhaps in deserts wild.
Oh, God, to Thee I pray tonight
To keep my distant child.
No father there to guide him now
No brother with his cheer,
No mother there to soothe his brow,
No sister with her tear.
I fancy n0\'1 I see his face,
As fair as when a child,
And he's a full grown man today,
And true and brave, but wild.
A letter here says "Mother, dear,
No longer I will roam,
So now I stand and watch the gate,
I know he's coming home.
Alas dear friends, 'tis but a dream.
My mother's here no more.
She left this world of sin and pain
For C...tn an's happy shore.
Lord, send some messenger of love,
To guide my wayward feet,
That I may meet my mother there
Who is waiting at the gate.
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Title
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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
Appears in The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection
File name
113_DreamOfHome_copy
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Dream of Home, Copy
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I Sat Alone at Midnight Hour
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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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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
The topic of the resource
Folk songs
Mothers and sons--Songs and music
Dreams--Songs and music
Death--Songs and music
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
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.
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
A Dream of Home
I sat alone at the midnight hour
And watched the starlit sky.
And dreamed I heard my mother say:
"I wish my boy was nigh.
I know not where he is tonight
He crossed the troubled main.
But this I know if life holds out,
He'll wander back again.
Chorus:
He's coming home, oh, joyful thought,
My boy no more will roam.
A letter here says, Mother dear,
I'm coming, coming home.
He's gone tho' now far, far away,
Perhaps in deserts wild.
Oh, God, to Thee I pray tonight
To keep my distant child.
No father there to guide him now
No brother with his cheer,
No Mother there to soothe his brow,
No sister with her tear.
I fancy now I see his face,
As fair as when a child,
And He's a full grown man today,
And true and brave, but wild.
A letter here says 'Mother, dear,
No longer I will roam,
So now I stand and watch the gate,
I know he's coming home.
Alas dear friends 'tis but a dream.
My Mother's here no more.
She left this world of sin and pain
For Canaan's happy shore.
Lord, send some messenger of love,
To guide my wayward feet,
That I may meet my mother there
Who is waiting at the gate.
Dream of Home
I Sat Alone at Midnight Hour
songs and music death
songs and music dreams
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-'. Drean of n or-1e.
I sat alone at the midnight hour
And whtched the starlit sky.
A.nd drea:r.1ed I heard my mother say:
"I \fish my boy was nigh.
I lmow not where he is to nig~1t
He crosses the troubled aain.
But t >is I know,if life hol;js out,
He 'll wander aok again.
Ref'rain:
He's coming bone,Oh,joy:fnl thought,
:Iy boy no more will roam.
A. letter hcr 'c> says, -:other dear,
I'n coming,coming home .
He's
gone tho' now far , far away,
Perhaps in de s erts wil~.
011, God, to Thee I pray tonight
':'o keep my distant child •
•·o Father there to guit1e hihl now
1·o brother with his cheer
.·o 'lother there to soothe hi.s brow,
:;o ·sister with her te<~ r.
fancy now I see his face,
As fair as wten a child,
And Tie's a full grown 1:1an to day,
Ancl true and rave, l'>ut wiltl.
A letter nere says ' ~other,dear,
No longer I will roam,'
3o nmr I stand and watch the gate,
I know he's coming home .
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Alas
de~ :friends 'tis but a dream •
. Iy 'fother' s here no more.
She left this world of' sin and pain
_ or Canaan's happy shore.
Lord,send some messenger of loTe
To guiie my wa~vard feet,
That I may meet my ':other there
7ho is waiting at the gate .
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
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
Appears in The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection
File name
113_DreamOfHome_ocr
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Dream of Home
Alternative Title
An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific.
I Sat Alone at Midnight Hour
Language
A language of the resource
English
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
<a title=" I. G. Greer Folksong Collection" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/15" target="_blank"> I. G. Greer Folksong Collection </a>
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
PDF
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
<a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/197"> AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings </a>
Rights
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<a title="In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0//" target="_blank"> In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable</a>
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967
Subject
The topic of the resource
Folk songs
Mothers and sons--Songs and music
Dreams--Songs and music
Death--Songs and music
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
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.
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
A Dream of Home
I sat alone at the midnight hour
And watched the starlit sky.
And dreamed I heard my mother say:
"I wish my boy was nigh.
I know not where he is to night
He crossed the troubled Main.
But this I know, if life holds out,
He'll wander back again.
Refrain:
He's coming home, Oh, joyful thought,
My boy no more will roam.
A letter here says, Mother dear,
I'm coming, coming home.
He's gone tho' now far, far away,
Perhaps in deserts wild.
Oh, God, to Thee I pray tonight
To keep my distant child.
No Father there to guide him now
No brother with his cheer
No Mother there to soothe his brow,
No sister with her tear.
I fancy now I see his face,
As fair as when a child,
And He's a full grown man to day,
And true and brave, but wild.
A letter here says 'Mother, dear,
No longer I will roam,
So now I stand and watch the gate,
I know he's coming home.
Alas dear friends 'tis but a dream.
My Mother's here no more.
She left this world of sin and pain
For Canaan's happy shore.
Lord, send some messenger of love
To guide my wayward feet,
That I may meet my Mother there
Who is waiting at the gate.
Dream of Home
I Sat Alone at Midnight Hour
songs and music death
songs and music dream