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: Bill Harman, Black Eyed Davy, Black Jack Davey, Black Jack David, Black Jack Davie, Black Jack Davy, Black Jack Gypsy, David, Gipsies of Agee Oh!, Gipsies-O, Gipsy Daisy, Gipsy Davy, Gipsy Draly, Gyps of David, Gypsum Davy, Gypsy Davy, Gypsy Laddie, Harrison Brady, How Old are You My Pretty Little Miss?, I'm Seventeen Come Sunday, Irish ballad, It was Late in the Night When Johnny Came Home, Johnny Faa, Lady Cassilles Lilt, songs and music adultery, The Dark-Clothed Gypsy, The Dark-Eyed Gypsy O!, The Draggletail Gipsies, The Egyptian Davy O, The Gipsy Laddie, The Gipsy Laddie Oh!, The Gypsy Daisy, The Gypsy Davie, The Gypsy Lady, The Gypsy Lover, The Heartless Lady, The Lady's Disgrace, The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O, The Ragtail Gipsies Oh!, The Three Gypsies, The Three Gypsy Laddies, The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies
