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THE DYING NUN
Let the air blow in upon me,
Let me se the midni,ht ~ky.
Stand back sisterE from around me,
Oh, it is so hard to die.
R~ise t t e pillo
up, Oh, Martha,
Sister 1lartha, you a.re kind,
Come and stand a lone beside e,
're I leave you all behind.
0., my a~her nd my ot er,
Can you not forget th pa~t?
:'i1en you h E eo e stranger telling,
H ·. Y'J o.J.r stray lamb died at :a~ t,
But vf all t1at used to love me,
'"ho Wlll weep !1en l am dead?
o~e but you, dear Si st r !artha,
Keep ther
atcl around IOJ bed.
Oh , Tl.. Heaver.ly etr ·ns cor.1e steal i ng,
Thrau ·h th tJ midnight drear and dim,
And I h ear the •J ime oP-lls pe~ ling,
As I float. aw. y i th hi ,
I •. comin- Dol 1<: c , Do. glns
"'he!'e yJu are T too corn t e ... <.,
Yes .r c 1e r..t 1act ny earest,
D atll gi v s back y our little Clcn··a.
Here is my h nd, now cold nd fro : en,
nee it a~ co soft and nhit -,
And this ring th at drops d n frol!'l it,
Clt~cped my fiPger once eo tight,
Little rin theJ tb.ou } t so worthleE:s ,
That they let .
keep it t
rc ,
'T~a.s but one plain g olden circlet,
.'it. ,. braid of Do.glar heir.
Sicter .furtt a, c...r JuL neRr u e?
You re kin der tl1an the rest,
Be u: e r.ty head a ,d .i t l'l€ lay it
dhile I 1 : ve upon your breast,
I as thinking o1 some nusic ,
Th.~ I heard long. lon• a ; o,
h, ho s eet t
nunc "re ein;in ·,
I n t e Chap l soft and low.
Sister a r tha, Sister Aa rt a,
Has the moon gone do n co soon
And this c 11 seems cold as inter,
Th Jugh I know it is June.
Sisters in their hite bede lyin·,
Drea ning in the so ... t moonlight,
To their drea ~ co es no essa e,
Clara dies alone toni ~t .
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I.G. Greer Folksong Collection
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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, Additional Ballads - 317 Randolph, 706
File name
113_DyingNun_Lyric_02
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Dying Nun, Lyric Variant 02
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English
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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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Last words--Songs and music
Nuns--Songs and music
Death--Songs and music
Ballads
Type
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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.
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The Dying Nun
Let the air blow in upon me,
Let me see the midnight sky,
Stand back sisters from around me,
Oh, it is so hard to die.
Raise the pillow up, Oh, Martha,
Sister Martha, you are kind,
Come and stand alone beside me,
E're I leave you all behind.
Oh, my Father and my Mother,
Can you not forget the past?
When you hear some stranger telling,
How your stray lamb died at last,
But of all that used to love me,
Who will weep when I am dead?
None but you, dear Sister Martha,
Keep there watch around my bed.
Oh, The Heavenly strains come stealing,
Through the midnight drear and dim,
And I hear the chime bells pealing,
As I float away with him,
I am coming Douglas, Douglas
Where you are I too come there,
Yes I come at last my dearest,
Death gives back your little Clara.
Here is my hand, now cold and frozen,
Once it was so soft and white,
And this ring that drops down from it,
Clasped my finger once so tight,
Little ring they thought so worthless,
That they let me keep it there,
'Twas but one plain golden circlet,
with a braid of Douglas hair.
Sister Martha, are you near me?
You are kinder than the rest.
Raise my head and let me lay it
While I live upon your breast,
I was thinking of some music,
That I heard long, long ago,
Oh, how sweet the nuns are singing,
I n the Chapel soft and low.
Sister Martha, Sister Martha,
Has the moon gone down so soon?
And this cell seems cold as winter,
Though I know it is June.
Sisters in their white beds lying,
Dreaming in the soft moonlight,
To their dreams comes no message,
Clara dies alone tonight.
Dying Nun
Sister Martha
songs and music death
songs and music nuns
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The Jlying Hun.
Let the r ir blow in upon r e.
Let me see the midnight sky.
St2nd beck sisters from eroundme.
Oh it is so h~rd to die.
R['is the pillow up;Oh Urrthn .
Sister I:crth{;,you ~re kind .
Come £ncl stcnd ::?lone beside me .
Ere I lave you oll behind.
A
Oh my .l!c.-ther -·na my J.Iother .
Crn you not forge the p['st?
17hen you here some str:::nger telling.
How your stray 1Dm~1i~1 rt lrst.
But of rll thLt use~o love me.
IJlho will we~ when I '"'ill de[:d?
lion( b"lt you de.-:r Sister L~rth~.
YeeY> there :.t-,::; tch -rounu my be1d.
.
Oh~he HeEvenly Etrcins come ste~ling.
Through the midnight dre~r ~nd 9irn.
' nd I he~r the chim bells neEling.
I flovt EWLY with him.
I~cm com~ing,Douglcs Dongles .
•:,'here you ~re I too
here.
Yes I come ['t lest my de~rest.
DeLth gives beck your littleClcrr.
Here is my hsnd ,now cold :::nd frozen.
Once mt wrs so soft snd white.
·nd thlis ring thf't dror's down fror1it.
Clr-sp
y finger once so tight.
Little ring they thought so worthlesE.
Thrt they let me keep it there.
Twcs but one pl~in golde~ circlet.
~ith E br~de of Dougl~s hEir.
Sister hlrrthEJ re you necr me?
You ~re kinder then the rest,
P.::=ise my he[ -l 8nd let me lr.y it
:~ile I live upon your brest.
I wss thinking of some music .
ThEt I he7d long long vgo.
Oh how weet ·he n~ns ~re singing.
In the
soft end low.
m~t~r*H
Sister MPrthu Sister Martha .
Res the moon gone down so soom,r?
'nd this cell seems ~old es winter.
Though I know ~t is
ne.
Sisters in thei:A.nvhi e beycJs lying.
Dresm ing in the.r soft moonlight.
To th.e..U\.. d re<..ms come no messcge.
Cl~rL dies vlone tonight.
l-.1rs
lice Cook.
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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
Mrs. Alice Cook [Sarah Alice Sherrill], 1867-1937
Scholarly Classification
Brown, Additional Ballads - 317 Randolph, 706
File name
113_DyingNun_Lyric_01_ocr
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Dying Nun, Lyric Variant 01
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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
Last words--Songs and music
Nuns--Songs and music
Death--Songs and music
Ballads
Type
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Text
Spatial Coverage
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<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.
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
The Dying Nun.
Let the air blow in upon me.
Let me see the midnight sky.
Stand back sisters from around me.
Oh it is so hard to die.
Rais the pillow up, Oh Martha.
Sister Martha, you are kind.
Come and stand alone beside me.
Ere I leave you all behind.
Oh my Father nd my Mother.
Can you not forge the past?
When you here some stranger telling.
How your stary lamb diede at last.
But of all that used to love me.
Who will weep when I am dead?
None but you, dear Sister Martha.
Keep there watch around my bed.
Oh, The Heavenly strains come stealing.
Through the midnight drear and dim.
And I hear the chime bells pealing.
As I float away with him.
I am comming, Douglas, Douglas.
Where you are I too can come there.
Yes I come at last my dearest.
Death gives back your little Clara.
Here is my hand, now cold and frozen.
Once it was so soft and white.
And this ring that drops down from it.
Clasped my finger once so tight.
Little ring they thought so worthless.
That they let me keep it there.
Twas but one plain golden circlet.
With a brade of Douglas hair.
Sister Martha, Are you near me?
You are kinder than the rest,
Raise my head and let me lay it,
While I live upon your brest.
I was thinking of some music.
That I heard long, long ago.
Oh how sweet the nuns are singing.
In the chapel soft and low.
*******
Sister M
Sister Martha, Sister Martha.
Has the moon gone down so soone?
And this cell seems cold as winter.
Though I know it is June.
Sisters in their white beads lying.
Dreaming in there soft moonlight.
To their dreams comes no message.
Clara dies alone tonight.
Mrs Alice Cook.
Dying Nun
Sister Martha
songs and music death
songs and music nuns