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Wreck of the Old Ninety-Seven, Lyric Variant 02

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: American Railroad accidents, Charlie Noell, Danville, folk song, Henry Whitter, Lynchburg, Monroe, popular music, song and music warnings, songs and music death, United States ballad, White Oak Mountain

Wreck of 1256

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: Between Richmond and Norfolk on Seven Pine Road, Carson Jay Robinson, folk song, popular music, seven pine road, songs and music death, songs and music warnings, The Wreck on the C.N.O., United States Railroad accidents, Wreck of 1256

When the Work is Done This Fall, Lyric Variant 02

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: After the Roundup (When the Work's All Done This Fall), Charlie Grew, D.J. O'Malley, popular music, songs and music death, songs and music mothers, United Stated cowboys, United States Ballads, When the Work is Done This Fall; Lyric Variant 2

When the Roses Bloom Again Beside the River

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: Gus Simon, popular music, songs and music death, songs and music rivers, songs and music robins, songs and music roses, songs and music soldiers, United States love, When the Roses Bloom Again Beside the River, Will D. Cobb

Unfortunate Rake, Sheet Music 02

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 Dying Cowboy, American cowboys, ballads, Cow Boy, sheet music 2, songs and music death, songs and music gamblers, songs and music gunshot wounds, The Cowboy, The Cowboy's Lament, The Dying Cowboy, The Unfortunate Lad, The Wild Cowboy, The Wounded Cowboy, Unfortunate Rake

Unfortunate Rake, Sheet Music 01

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 Dying Cowboy, American cowboys, ballads, Cow Boy, sheet music 1, songs and music death, songs and music gamblers, songs and music gunshot wounds, The Cowboy, The Cowboy's Lament, The Dying Cowboy, The Unfortunate Lad, The Wild Cowboy, The Wounded Cowboy, Unfortunate Rake

Unfortunate Rake, Lyric Variant 03

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 Dying Cowboy, American cowboys, ballads, Cow Boy, songs and music death, songs and music gamblers, songs and music gunshot wounds, The Cowboy, The Cowboy's Lament, The Dying Cowboy, The Unfortunate Lad, The Wild Cowboy, The Wounded Cowboy, Unfortunate Rake; lyric variant 3

Unfortunate Rake, Lyric Variant 02

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 Dying Cowboy, American cowboys, ballads, Cow Boy, songs and music death, songs and music gamblers, songs and music gunshot wounds, The Cowboy, The Cowboy's Lament, The Dying Cow Boy, The Dying Cowboy, The Unfortunate Lad, The Wild Cowboy, The Wounded Cowboy, Unfortunate Rake; lyric variant 2

Unfortunate Rake, Lyric Variant 01

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 Dying Cowboy, ballads, North Carolina cowboys, songs and music death, songs and music gamblers, songs and music gunshot wounds, The Cowboy, The Cowboy's Lament, The Dying Cowboy, The Unfortunate Lad, The Wild Cowboy, The Wounded Cowboy, Unfortunate Rake; lyric variant 1

Soldier I Adore

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 Soldier's the Lad I Adore, American Soldiers, Soldier I Adore, songs and music death, songs and music love

Sailor Boy, Lyric Variant 06

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, Bring Me Back the One I Love, Captain Captain, Captain Oh Captain Tell Me True, Down by the River Side, English love ballad, Go Build Me a Boat, Moment's River Side, Oh Father, Oh Father Father, Sailor Boy, Sailor Boy; lyric variant 6, Soldier Boy, songs and music death, songs and music lovesickness, songs and music soldiers, Susie's Search for Her Lover, Sweet William, Tell Me True Oh Captain Captain Tell Me True, The Lost Lover, The Pinery Boy, The Prentice Boy, The Sailor's Sweetheart, The Sweet Sailor Boy, There is a Town Where I Did Dwell

Sailor Boy, Lyric Variant 05, Copy

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, Bring Me Back the One I Love, Captain Captain, Captain Oh Captain Tell Me True, Down by the River Side, English love ballads, Go Build Me a Boat, Moment's River Side, Oh Father, Oh Father Father, Sailor Boy, Sailor Boy; lyric variant 5, Soldier Boy, songs and music death, songs and music lovesickness, songs and music sailors, Susie's Search for Her Lover, Sweet William, Tell Me True Oh Captain Captain Tell Me True, The Lost Lover, The Pinery Boy, The Prentice Boy, The Sailor's Sweetheart, The Sweet Sailor Boy, There is a Town Where I Did Dwell

Sailor Boy, Lyric Variant 05

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, Bring Me Back the One I Love, Captain Captain, Captain Oh Captain Tell Me True, Down by the River Side, English love ballads, Go Build Me a Boat, Moment's River Side, Oh Father, Oh Father Father, Sailor Boy, Sailor Boy; lyric variant 5, Soldier Boy, songs and music death, songs and music lovesickness, songs and music sailors, Susie's Search for Her Lover, Sweet William, Tell Me True Oh Captain Captain Tell Me True, The Lost Lover, The Pinery Boy, The Prentice Boy, The Sailor's Sweetheart, The Sweet Sailor Boy, There is a Town Where I Did Dwell

Sailor Boy, Lyric Variant 04

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, Bring Me Back the One I Love, Captain Captain, Captain Oh Captain Tell Me True, Down by the River Side, Go Build Me a Boat, Moment's River Side, North Carolina love, Oh Father, Oh Father Father, Sailor Boy, Sailor Boy; lyric variant 4, Soldier Boy, songs and music death, songs and music lovesickness, songs and music sailors, Susie's Search for Her Lover, Sweet William, Tell Me True Oh Captain Captain Tell Me True, The Lost Lover, The Pinery Boy, The Prentice Boy, The Sailor's Sweetheart, The Sweet Sailor Boy, There is a Town Where I Did Dwell

Sailor Boy, Lyric Variant 03

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, Bring Me Back the One I Love, Captain Captain, Captain Oh Captain Tell Me True, Down by the River Side, English love ballads, Go Build Me a Boat, Moment's River Side, Oh Father, Oh Father Father, Sailor Boy, Sailor Boy; lyric variant 3, Soldier Boy, songs and music death, songs and music lovesickness, songs and music sailors, Susie's Search for Her Lover, Sweet William, Tell Me True Oh Captain Captain Tell Me True, The Lost Lover, The Pinery Boy, The Prentice Boy, The Sailor's Sweetheart, The Sweet Sailor Boy, There is a Town Where I Did Dwell

Polly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins

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: John Paddon, love and songs duet, Polly Hopkins and Tommy Hopkins, popular music, songs and music death, songs and music marriage

Please, Mister Conductor!

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: folk songs, Please Mister Conductor, Please; Mister Conductor, songs and music death, songs and music parents, songs and music railroad, The Lightning Express

Ore Knob, Sheet Music 02

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: folk songs, Ore Knob, songs and music death, songs and music salvation, songs and music warnings, The Ore Knob Song, United States music miners

Ore Knob, Sheet Music 01

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: American mine accidents, folk songs, Ore Knob, songs and music death, songs and music miners, songs and music salvation, songs and music warnings, The Ore Knob Song

Ore Knob, Lyric Variant 07

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: folk songs, North Carolina mine accidents, Ore Knob, Ore Knob; lyric variant 7, songs and music death, songs and music miners, songs and music salvation, songs and music warnings, The Ore Knob Song

Ore Knob, Lyric Variant 06

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: folk songs, Ore Knob, Ore Knob; lyric variant 6, songs and music death, songs and music miners, songs and music salvation, songs and music warnings, The Ore Knob Song, United States mine accidents

Ore Knob, Lyric Variant 05

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: folk songs, Ore Knob, Ore Knob; lyric variant 5, songs and music death, songs and music miners, songs and music salvation, songs and music warnings, The Ore Knob Song, United States mine accidents

Ore Knob, Lyric Variant 04

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: folk songs, North Carolina mine accidents, Ore Knob, Ore Knob; lyric variant 4, songs and music death, songs and music miners, songs and music salvation, songs and music warnings

Oh Lily, Dear Lily

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: American courtship, folk songs, Oh Lily Dear Lily, Oh Lily; Dear Lily, songs and music death, songs and music love, songs and music soldiers

My Little Dear, So Fare You Well, Lyric Variant 02

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: Alas! My Darling Broken-Hearted, ballads, Come All Ye Girls from Adam's Race, My Little Dear So Fare You Well, My Little Dear; So Fare You Well, My Little Love So Farewell, songs and music betrayal, songs and music death, songs and music unrequited love, Songs with Feeling

My Little Dear, So Fare You Well, Lyric Variant 01

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: Alas! My Darling Broken-Hearted, ballads, Come All Ye Girls from Adam's Race, My Little Dear So Fare You Well, My Little Dear; So Fare You Well, My Little Love So Farewell, Sing With Feeling, songs and music betrayal, songs and music death

My Grandfather's Clock, Copy

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: Henry Clay Work, My Grandfather's Clock, popular music, songs and music death, songs and music grandfathers

My Grandfather's Clock

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: Henry Clay Work, My Grandfather's Clock, popular music, songs and music death, songs and music grandfathers

Lonesome Dove

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: folk songs, Lonesome Dove, songs and music death, songs and music heaven, songs and music pigeons, The Lonesome Grove, The Minister's Lamentation

Lone Prairie, Sheet Music

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: American cowboys, ballads, Lone Prairie, O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, songs and music burial, songs and music death, The Dyeing Cowboy, The Dying Cowboy's Prayer

Lone Prairie, Lyric Variant 02

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: Americans cowboys, ballads, Lone Prairie, O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, songs and music burial, songs and music death, songs and music last words, The Dyeing Cowboy, The Dying Cowboy's Prayer

Lone Pilgrim, Sheet Music

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: Benjamin Frankline White, hymns, J.J. Hicks, Lone Pilgrim, Richard Keen, songs and music death, songs and music heaven, The White Pilgrim, William Walker

Last Fierce Charge, Sheet Music 05

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 friendship, Civil War, Custer's Last Charge, folk song, Last Fierce Charge, songs and music death, songs and music last words, songs and music war, The Battle of Fredericksburg, The Battle of Gettysburg, The Last Fierce Charge of the French at Waterloo, The Last Fierce Fight

Last Fierce Charge, Sheet Music 04

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 friendship, Civil War, Custer's Last Charge, folk song, Last Fierce Charge, songs and music death, songs and music last words, songs and music war, The Battle of Fredericksburg, The Battle of Gettysburg, The Last Fierce Charge of the French at Waterloo, The Last Fierce Fight

Last Fierce Charge, Sheet Music 03

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 friendship, Civil War, Custer's Last Charge, folk song, Last Fierce Charge, songs and music death, songs and music last words, songs and music war, The Battle of Fredericksburg, The Battle of Gettysburg, The Last Fierce Charge of the French at Waterloo, The Last Fierce Fight

Last Fierce Charge, Sheet Music 02

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 friendship, Civil War, Custer's Last Charge, folk song, Last Fierce Charge, songs and music death, songs and music last words, songs and music war, The Battle of Fredericksburg, The Battle of Gettysburg, The Last Fierce Charge of the French at Waterloo, The Last Fierce Fight

Last Fierce Charge, Sheet Music 01

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 friendship, Civil War, Custer's Last Charge, folk song, Last Fierce Charge, songs and music death, songs and music last words, songs and music war, The Battle of Fredericksburg, The Battle of Gettysburg, The Last Fierce Charge of the French at Waterloo, The Last Fierce Fight

Landslide, Lyric Variant 02

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: Landslide, North Carolina Hurricanes, songs and music death, The Cloudburst

Landslide, Lyric Variant 01

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: Landslide, North Carolina Hurricanes, songs and music death, The Cloudburst

Kitty Wells, Lyric Variant 02

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: folk song, Kittie Wells, Kitty Wells, Minstrel music, songs and music death, songs and music love

Jack and Maye, Copy

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: folk songs, Jack and May, Jack and Maye, Let Us Be Lovers Again, songs and music courtship, songs and music death, songs and music lovesickness

I Saw Thy Form in Youthful Prime, Lyric Variant 02

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: I Saw Thy Form in Youthful Prime, Irish Melodies, songs and music, songs and music aging, songs and music death, Thomas Moore, Youthful Prime

I Saw Thy Form in Youthful Prime, Lyric Variant 01

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: I Saw Thy Form in Youthful Prime, Irish Melodies, songs and music, songs and music aging, songs and music death, Thomas Moore, Youthful Prime

Hicks' Farewell, Lyric Variant 03

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: Berryman Hicks, Hick's Farewell, Hicks’ Farewell, songs and music death, songs and music farewells, The Dying Father's Farewell, The Minister's Last Goodbye

Hicks' Farewell, Lyric Variant 02

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: Berryman Hicks, Hick's Farewell, Hicks’ Farewell, songs and music death, songs and music farewells, The Dying Father's Farewell, The Dying Preacher, The Minister's Last Goodbye

Hamlet Wreck, Sheet Music 01

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: Hamlet Wreck, songs and music death, songs and music grief, songs and music railroad

Hamlet Wreck

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: Hamlet Wreck, songs and music death, songs and music grief, songs and music railroad

Floyd Collins

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: caving accident, Floyd Collins, Floyd Collins' Death, songs and music death

Florella (The Jealous Lover), Lyric Variant 02

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: Annie My Darling, Blue-Eyed Ella, Down in a Lone Valley, Edward and Annie, Fair Emily, Fair Young Ellen, Floella's Death, Florella (The Jealous Lover), Florilla, Lone Valley, Pearl Bright, Pearl Bryant, songs and music courtship, songs and music death, The Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley, The Jewish Lover, The Lone, The Lone Green Valley, The Love Valley, The Weeping Willow, Way Down in Lone Green Valley

Father's a Drunkard, Lyric Variant 04

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: Father's a Drunkard, songs and music alcoholism, songs and music childhood, songs and music death, songs and music fathers

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