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: An Old Love Song, Annie of Lochryan, Blue-Eyed Boy, Careless Love, Cold Winter's Night, English ballad, folk song, I'll Hang My Harp, Lass of Roch Royal, Lass of Rock Royal, Little Betty Ann, Lord Gregory, Love Gregory, Must I Go to Mississippi?, Oh Who Will Shoe My Foot, Should I Prove False to Thee, songs and music farewell, The Lass of Lochroyan, The Storms are on the Ocean, Winter's Night