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: ballads, Ellen Wise, John Hall, John Lewis, Little Omie, Little Omie Wise, Little Omy Wise, Little On, Naomi Wise, Naomi Wise - Spirit, Neommie Wise, Oma Wise, Poor Annie, Poor Naomi, Poor Naomi (Omie Wise), Poor Oma Wise, Poor Omie, Song Ballet of Little Oma Wise and Chinie, songs and music courtship, songs and music murder, The Ballad of Naomi Wise
