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FARE THEE WELL
Then fa.re thee well, my own dear love,
This w~rld has now for us;
N~ greater grief, n~ pain ab~ve,
The pain of :parting thvs, dea,r love!
The pain ~f parting t hus!
Had we but known, since first we met,
S~me few short h~urs ~f bliss;
We might, in numbering them forget,
The deep, deep pain ~f this dear love!
The deep, deep pain of this!
But
One
But
And
And
no, alas, we have never seen,
glimpse ~f pleasured ray;
still there oame some cl~ud between,
chased i t all away, dear love!
chased i t a.ll a.way.
Yet even could those sad moments last,
Fe.r dearer to my heart;
Wr•ere hours of grief, t~gether past,
Than years of mirth apart dear love!
Than years of mirth apart!
Farewe 11- -our hope was b~rn in fears,
And nt1
rsed mid vain regrets!
Like winter suns, it rose in tears,
Like them in tears it sets, dear love!
Like them in tears it sets!
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<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
Associated Date
1818
File name
113_ThenFareTheeWell_ocr
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Then, Fare Thee Well
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Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967
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Poetry, Irish
Farewells--Songs and music
Grief--Songs and music
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Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852
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<a title= "Dublin (Ireland)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/2964574/dublin.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Dublin (Ireland)</a>
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W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
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Irish love
Irish poetry
poetry
songs and music farewells
songs and music grief
Then; Fare Thee Well
Thomas Moore
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~he lonsome ·nove.
@h dont you see thct lonsome dove.
Tb~t flys fro m pine to pine.
Its morning for its own true love.
' nd why not mourn for mine my true love?
·na w
hy not mourn for mine?
Do you remember the dr: y th r· t y ou gr ve me y our he :: rt?
'nd vowed to me th Lt if ever you m~ rrid I should be you r girl.
3 ut now y ou h f' ve broken . . 11 those vowe just mErry who you ple t:s e,
'iihile this pore ::ching he a rt most de t. d.
You e re living Lt your e ~ se my love.
You Ere living £t your e2se.
You slighted me once you slighte d me twice.
You will never slight me 2ny m or ~ .
Though y ou slighted me for enother girl.
nd now you mc::.y t · 1\:8 ner ~ nU. go r.•~· love.
Oh da rling da rling do hush up.
I h 2te to here you cry.
For the best of friends they h 2ve to pa rt.
:' n d so do you und I my love ~nd so do you and l .
Lc ok up look down this 1onsomero2d.
Hong down your he 2d G cry.
nd
Ill fly to the e a st I11 fly to the west.
Ill will fly in the ~~~~ vf tue one ~ lvvebest.
rJ.rs
lice Cook,
�
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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>
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Greer Document
Scholarly Classification
Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 82 Randolph, 749 Combs, 182 Sharp, 180
File name
113_LoversLament_ocr
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Lover's Lament
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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
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Ballads, English--United States
Ballads, Irish--United States
Unrequited love--Songs and music
Grief--Songs and music
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Text
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The Lonesome Dove, With Feeling, Pretty Polly, Handsome Molly, Stinging Bee, Little Molly, Black-Eyed Mary, Loving Hannah, Loving Hanner, The Irish Girl
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W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
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The lonsome Dove.
Oh dont you see that lonsome dove.
That flys from pine to pine.
Its morning for its own true love.
And why not mourn for mine my true love?
And why not mourn for mine?
Do you remember the day that you gave me your heart?
And vowed to me that if ever you marrid I should be your girl.
But now you have broken all those vows just marry who you please,
While this pore aching heart most dead.
You are living at your ease my love.
You are living at your ease.
You slighted me once you slighted me twice.
You will never slight me any more.
Though you slighted me for another girl.
and now you may take her and go my love.
Oh darling darling do hush up.
I hate to here you cry.
For the best of friends they have to part.
And so do you and I my love and so do you and I.
Look up look down this lonsome road.
Hang down your head and cry.
Ill fly to the east Ill fly to the west.
Ill will fly in the arms of the one I love best.
Mrs. Alice Cook.
ballads
Black-Eyed Mary
Handsome Molly
Little Molly
Lover's Lament
Loving Hannah
Loving Hanner
Pretty Polly
songs and music grief
songs and music pigeons
songs and music unrequited love
Stinging Bee
The Irish Girl
The Lonesome Dove
With Feeling
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Farewell,since all is over;
we part never more to see;
=:ay the waters oil li:fe deeply cover
--'ach feeling '\V'hich once was in 111e.
Chorus:
·vain are the vows w e have plighted.
Oh that we never had met !
Love's a f'lower that blooms to be bli 1ghted
Anclthe stars of hope arise but to set.
In crowds I will plunge to forget thee,
And I'll pass mid the festive and gay;
Eut this heart ever ~ives to regret th~e,
As the weary dreams of life fade away.
If' ever you should. give to another
That heart which you said once was mine,
~ Iay your love ever leas a sisters,
And a l1rother' s love will ever be thine.
�
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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
File name
113_LoversFarewell_Lyric_02_ocr
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Lovers Farewell, 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
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Folk songs--United States
Unrequited love--Songs and music
Farewells--Songs and music
Grief--Songs and music
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Text
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W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
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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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Lovers Farewell.
Farewell, since all is over
We part never more to see
May the waters of life deeply cover
Each feeling which once was in me.
Chorus:
Vain are the vows w e have plighted.
Oh that we never had met!
Love's a flower that blooms to be blighted
And the stars of hope arise but to set.
In crowds I will plunge to forget thee,
And I'll pass mid the festive and gay
But this heart ever lives to regret thee,
As the weary dreams of life fade away.
If ever you should give to another
That heart which you said once was mine,
May your love ever be as a sisters,
And a brother's love will ever be thine.
folk songs
Lovers Farewell
songs and music farewells
songs and music grief
songs and music unrequited love
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�
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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
File name
113_LoversFarewell_Lyric_01
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Lovers Farewell, Lyric Variant 01
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Farewell
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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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Folk songs--United States
Unrequited love--Songs and music
Farewells--Songs and music
Grief--Songs and music
Type
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Text
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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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Lovers Farewell
1. Farewell since all is over
We part never more to see
May the waters of life deeply cover
Each feeling which once was so dear
Chorus.
Vain are the vows we have plighted
Oh, that we never had met
Love’s a flower that blooms to be blighted
And the star of hope arose but to set
2. In crowds I will plunge to forget thee
And I’ll pass mid the festive and gay
But this heart ever lives to regret thee
as the weary dreams of life fade away
3. If ever you should give to another
that heart which you said once was mine
may your love ever be as a sisters
And a brothers love will ever be thine.
Farewell
folk songs
Lovers Farewell
songs and music farewells
songs and music grief
songs and music unrequited love
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~he lonsome ·nove.
@h dont you see thct lonsome dove.
Tb~t flys fro m pine to pine.
Its morning for its own true love.
' nd why not mourn for mine my true love?
·na w
hy not mourn for mine?
Do you remember the dr: y th r· t y ou gr ve me y our he :: rt?
'nd vowed to me th Lt if ever you m~ rrid I should be you r girl.
3 ut now y ou h f' ve broken . . 11 those vowe just mErry who you ple t:s e,
'iihile this pore ::ching he a rt most de t. d.
You e re living Lt your e ~ se my love.
You Ere living £t your e2se.
You slighted me once you slighte d me twice.
You will never slight me 2ny m or ~ .
Though y ou slighted me for enother girl.
nd now you mc::.y t · 1\:8 ner ~ nU. go r.•~· love.
Oh da rling da rling do hush up.
I h 2te to here you cry.
For the best of friends they h 2ve to pa rt.
:' n d so do you und I my love ~nd so do you and l .
Lc ok up look down this 1onsomero2d.
Hong down your he 2d G cry.
nd
Ill fly to the e a st I11 fly to the west.
Ill will fly in the ~~~~ vf tue one ~ lvvebest.
rJ.rs
lice Cook,
�
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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
Informant
Mrs. Alice Cook [Sarah Alice Sherrill], 1867-1937
Scholarly Classification
Brown, Folk Lyric - 283
File name
113_InThePines_Lyric_02_ocr
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In the Pines, Where the Sun Never Shines, Lyric Variant 02
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English
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Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967
Subject
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Folk songs
Ballads
Unrequited love--Songs and music
Birds--Songs and music
Grief--Songs and music
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Text
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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>
<a title="Caldwell County (N.C.)" href="https://www.geonames.org/4458601/caldwell-county.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Caldwell County (N.C.)</a>
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The Lonesome Dove, In the Pines, The Pines, There's More Than One, Mobiline, The Lonesome Pine, With Feeling, Pretty Polly, Handsome Molly, Stinging Bee, Little Molly, Black-Eyed Mary, Loving Hannah, Loving Hanner, The Irish Girl
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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 Lonsome Dove.
Oh dont you see that lonsome dove.
That flys from pine to pine.
Its morning for its own true love.
And why not mourn for mine my true love?
And why not mourn for mine?
Do you remember the day that you gave me your heart?
And vowed to me that if ever you marrid I should be your girl.
But now you have broken all those vows just marry who you please,
While this pore aching heart most dead.
You are living at your ease my love.
You are living at your ease.
You slighted me once you slighted me twice.
You will never slight me any more.
Though you slighted me for another girl.
and now you may take her and go my love.
Oh darling darling do hush up.
I hate to here you cry.
For the best of friends they have to part.
And so do you and I my love and so do you and I.
Look up look down this lonsomeroad.
Hang down your head and cry.
Ill fly to the east Ill fly to the west.
Ill will fly in the arms of the one I lovebest.
Mrs. Alice Cook.
Black-Eyed Mary
Handsome Molly
In the Pines
In the Pines Where the Sun Never Shines
Little Molly
Loving Hannah
Loving Hanner
Mobiline
songs and music birds
songs and music grief
Stinging Bee
The Irish Girl
The Lonesome Dove
The Lonesome Pine
The Pines
There's More Than One
With Feeling Pretty Polly
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Co le ted
J hn Benet : 37 Legare 3t., Jhar eaton,
I
ines, in the pi e • here the au
iver hen the col win oloN ;
I all going a ay for a year and a d.ay
un the longerest road that I knows.
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never
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dove
ine?
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. y can't I
for mi e?
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Oh, don'
~o.Ca.
loneao~e
m ine to
efr in t I
the
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1 ith
ui· s as o ack a nigh~?
il ne er o fal e o y u
Until that oro turr
h1t •
e
aken the Bi e into h's ha ds
_nd sore by bla
and hie
If ever
prove false to you
ri ht day ha 1 tur to night,
Oh, my lover, tell fle true,
~ere
~d you
tay ast night?
he ind ble cold on old Bald ountain,
the stars ere a-shining bright.
I
wo
that your ear brea
·.ere r:1ade out of g
t I ~1ght rea you through;
en I moughten't fe r
lyi ~ ton ue
ut lnow that your heart ere true.
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ss
ome i , co~ in, my old true love,
Come set you do n by me;
It ha been rt..or e t!lan a year an a day
in e I po en a
rd ith thee.
I c
't co· i , and
ca1't sit don;
o
hai 't got a oment of time.
ince you are ngaged ith another true love
Your heart no longer is ina.
You no
hat you o
e, ove,
And you know hat you aaid;
Y u k O\ l~t you remised me ,
And you know hat you did.
I'll never be ieve hat another man says
Le t h·s yes b blue or bra n,
U e
e be up on the galla -tree
S yi
' Love, I' much rather c~~e downl'
he n your heart ere min , tru love ,
n oy head
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et alone
•
I cried, last night, hen I comed home ;
I cried the night before.
I'll cry, to -night, till my eyes pump sand,/ And then I'l
cry no maret
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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
Collector
John Bennett, 1865-1956
Collector Note
Children's book author, activist in cultural life of Charleston, SC, married to Susan Smythe of Charleston, whose grandmother was antebellum author Louisa McCord. Bennett's biography written by Harlan Greene
Scholarly Classification
Brown, Folk Lyric - 283
File name
113_InThePines_Lyric_01_ocr
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In the Pines, Where the Sun Never Shines, Lyric Variant 01
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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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Folk songs
Unrequited love--Songs and music
Birds--Songs and music
Grief--Songs and music
Forests and forestry--Songs and music
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Text
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<a title="Charleston (S.C.)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/4574324/charleston.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Charleston (S.C.)</a>
Alternative Title
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The Lonsome Dove, The Pines, There's More Than One, Mobiline, The Lonesome Pine
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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Collected by John Bennett: 37 Legare St., Charleston, So.Ca. 1893-1922:
In The Pines
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines,
I shiver when the cold wind blows.
I am going away for a year and a day
On the longerest road that I knows.
Oh, don’t you see yon lonesome dove
Flying from pine to pine?
If a dove can mourn for her true love
Why can’t I mourn for mine?
Refrain: In the pines, etc.
Oh, don’t you see yonder crow flying high,
With quills as black as night?
I will never be false to you
Until that crow turns white.
He taken the Bible into his hands
And swore by black and white
If ever I prove false to you
Bright day shall turn to night,
Oh, my lover, tell me true,
Where did you stay last night?
The wind blew cold on old Bald Mountain,
And the stars were a-shining bright.
I would that your dear breast were made out of glass
That I might read you through.
Then I moughten’t fear a lying tongue
But know that your heart were true.
Come in, come in, my old true love,
Come set you down by me.
It has been more than a year and a day
Since I spoken a word with thee.
I can’t come in, and I can’t sit down,
For I hain’t got a moment of time.
Since you are engaged with another true love
Your heart no longer is mine.
You know what you told me, love,
And you know what you said.
You know what you promised me,
And you know what you did.
I’ll never believe what another man says
Let his eyes be blue or brown,
Unless he be up on the gallows-tree
Saying ‘Love, I’d much rather come down!’
Oh, when your heart were mine, true love,
And my head lay on your breast,
You could make me believe by the falling of your arm
That the sun rose up in the west.
There’s many a bright star shall jingle in the west,
And many a leaf shall fall below,
And there’s many a damn shall fall upon a man
For serving a poor girl so!
There’s many a girl goes gay about
To hear the small birds sing,
Who, before she’s done shall set alone
And cry for a wedding-ring .
I cried, last night, when I comed home,
I cried the night before.
I’ll cry, to-night, till my eyes pump sand,
And then I’ll cry no more!
Close with the refrain.
Black-Eyed Mary
Handsome Molly
In the Pines
In the Pines Where the Sun Never Shines
Little Molly
Loving Hannah
Loving Hanner
Mobiline
songs and music birds
songs and music grief
Stinging Bee
The Irish Girl
The Lonesome Dove
The Lonesome Pine
The Pines
There's More Than One
With Feeling Pretty Polly
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I,HAVE NO MOTHER NOW
I hear the low winds sweeting
Through every bush and tree,
Where my dear mother's sleeping
Away from home and me.
Chorus:
Tears from my eyes are flowing
And sorrow shades my brow,
Cold in the grove she's sleeping,
I have no mother now.
I see the pale moon shining
On mother's white tomb stone,
The rose bush round it twining,
It's just like me alone.
It's just like me a-weeping,
Cold dewdrops damp my brown,
It's just like me a-weeping,
I have no mother now.
My life is so lonely,
My heart is troubled sore,
Her dearest presence, only,
Could make me weep no more.
She has gone from me to heaven,
Deep sorrow shades my brow,
The sacred tie is broken,
I have no mother now.
Sad was the hour of parting,
She said in words so sweet,
My loved one I'm dying
We must in heaven meet.
0 yes, I'll meet you Mother,
On that eternal shore
And there we'll live together,
Where parting is no more.
Come now, ye orphan children,
Who sorrow here below,
And join me in a promise,
That you'll to glory go.
Then when our labor's ended
And time shall be no more,
We'll go and live with mother,
Where parting is no more.
�
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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
Scholarly Classification
Brown, Additional Songs - 664
File name
113_IHaveNoMotherNow_Lyric_02_copy
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I Have No Mother Now, Lyric Variant 02, Copy
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I Have an Aged Mother
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English
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Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967
Subject
The topic of the resource
Folk songs
Grief--Songs and music
Heaven--Songs and music
Parents--Death--Songs and music
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
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.
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
I Have No Mother Now
I hear the low winds sweeting
Through every brush and tree,
Where my dear mother's sleeping
Away from home and me.
Chorus.
Tears from my eyes are flowing,
And sorrow shades my brow,
Cold in the grove she's sleeping
I have no mother now.
I see the pale moon shining
On mother's white tomb stone,
The rose bush round it twining,
It's just like me alone.
Chorus
It's just like me a-weeping
Cold dew-drops damp my brow,
Its' just like me a-weeping,
I have no mother now.
My life is so lonely,
My heart is troubled sore,
Her dearest presence, only,
Could make me weep no more.
Chorus
She has gone from me to heaven,
Deep sorrow shades my brow,
The sacred tie is broken,
I have no mother now.
Sad was the hour of parting
She said in words so sweet,
My loved one I'm dying
We must in heaven meet.
Chorus.
O yes, I'll meet you Mother,
On that eternal shore
And there we'll live together,
Where parting is no more.
Come now, ye orphan children,
Who sorrow here below,
And join me in a promise,
That you'll to glory go.
Chorus
Then when our labor's ended
And time shall be no more,
We'll go and live with mother
Where parting is no more.
I Have an Aged Mother
I Have No Mother Now
song and music death
songs and music grief
songs and music heaven
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IHA
NO
OTH ;..
o·"
I hear the low winds sweet ing
Throu<:>h every bw:h and tr(_e ,
rn Cl'C 1y de~=tr mothor's sleep ng
A my 1 rom he e and e .
C: Jor·· E.
ro l'J.Y eye r.H' flo : ng,
And Eorro· shnd
~ brow,
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t,e pnl
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other's v.hitc
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it · iniBg ,
a one.
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brc ,
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I .lave no mot. er no •
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~i~e i s so loPt~Y.
'ly heart is tr 'Ju'bled sore,
Her dearest preo nee , only,
Co 1ld
'
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:lore.
C}tO!'ll~
She h n gone froM 1e t
hc~tven ,
e p sor r ow slt,d.e ny bro m,
The sa0r td tie 1s bro ~ n ,
I !lave no
otter n
Sad VIas t! e hour of
S1e uaid in
)arti n · ,
ords so sw ee t,
lov d one r • ~ dyin~
· e must in heaven eet.
Chorus.
I'll ae t you ~th _r ,
On t1at ct rnal shore
And t here 1e 1 ll liv e togeth~r.
Wh re part_ng · s n
or •
0 ye&,
Co.me now , yc orphan children ,
Bho orrow here b low,
Andjoin me in a yromi··e ,
That you'll to glory go .
Chorus
Th n when our labor's ended
And time s!-1~ 11 be no mor ,
We 'll go and live \ ith mother
ere parting 1 s no rnc.:re .
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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 Songs - 664
File name
113_IHaveNoMotherNow_Lyric_02
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I Have No Mother Now, Lyric Variant 02
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I Have an Aged Mother
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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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Folk songs
Parents--Death--Songs and music
Grief--Songs and music
Heaven--Songs and music
Type
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Text
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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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I Have No Mother Now
I hear the low winds sweeting
Through every brush and tree,
Where my dear mother's sleeping
Away from home and me.
Chorus.
Tears from my eyes are flowing,
And sorrow shades my brow,
Cold in the grove she's sleeping
I have no mother now.
I see the pale moon shining
On mother's white tomb stone,
The rose bush round it twining,
It's just like me alone.
Chorus
It's just like me a-weeping
Cold dew-drops damp my brow,
Its' just like me a-weeping,
I have no mother now.
My life is so lonely,
My heart is troubled sore,
Her dearest presence, only,
Could make me weep no more.
Chorus
She has gone from me to heaven,
Deep sorrow shades my brown,
The sacred tie is broken,
I have no mother now.
Sad was the hour of parting
She said in words so sweet,
My loved one I'm dying
We must in heaven meet.
Chorus.
O yes, I'll meet you Mother,
On that eternal shore
And there we'll live together,
Where parting is no more.
Come now, ye orphan children,
Who sorrow here below,
And join me in a promise,
That you'll to glory go.
Chorus
Then when our labor's ended
And time shall be no more,
We'll go and live with mother
Where parting is no more.
I Have an Aged Mother
I Have No Mother Now
song and music death
songs and music grief
songs and music heaven
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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
Other Name(s)
Franklin Williams, William Firkins
Scholarly Classification
Brown, North Carolina Ballads - 290
File name
113_HamletWreck_Sheet_01
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Hamlet Wreck, Sheet Music 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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<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
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<a title= "Durham County (N.C.)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/4464374/durham-county.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Durham County (N.C.)</a>
Subject
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Railroad accidents--Songs and music
Death--Songs and music
Grief--Songs and music
Ballads
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.
Hamlet Wreck
songs and music death
songs and music grief
songs and music railroad
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THE NORTH CAROLINA FOLK-LORE SOCIETY
FRANK C . BROWN, SECRETARY- TREASURER
DURHAM . NORTH CAROLINA
•The Hamlet Wreck"
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•see the women and children going to the train ,
Fare-~ou-well , my husband, if I never see you again ,
The engineer turned his head
When he saw so man¥ were dead;
So many have lost their lives.
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CHORUS.
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t i ,t sad , :i-Bf1' t it sad?
~cursion left Durham,going to Charlotte, North Carolina ,
Isn't tt sad, isn't it sad?
So many have lost their lives.
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_ Some of us have mothers standing at the train ,
~ Fare-well-well , my daughter , I may never see you again ,
And th e train began to fly
And some di dn't come back alive;
So many have lost their lives.
The fireman said to the engineer,
"We are something late,
We don't want to meet up with the local freight",
The local was on the line
And the7K c ould not get there on time ,
So many have lost their lives .
When the news got to Dumam, some said it was a lie ,
But there was somein the hospital almost ready to die ,
And their poor old mothers , you know ,
They were running from door to door ;
s~ ma ny have lost their lives .
Now colored people I will tell you to your face ,
The train that left Dunham, was loaded with our race ,
And some did not think of dying
When they rode on down the line;
So many have los t the i r lives .
They put the dead in ~ eir coffins and sent them back to town ,
And then they were ~en to the burying ground ,
You could hear the coffin sound
When they let those bodies down;
So many have lost their ~ives . "
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Title
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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
Franklin Williams, William Firkins
Other Name(s)
Frank C. Brown
Scholarly Classification
Brown, North Carolina Ballads - 290
File name
113_HamletWreck_ocr
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Hamlet Wreck
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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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<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
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Ballads
Railroad accidents--Songs and music
Death--Songs and music
Grief--Songs and music
Type
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Text
Spatial Coverage
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<a title= "Durham County (N.C.)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/4464374/durham-county.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Durham 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
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Negro Songs and Ballads
The North Carolina Folklore Society.
Frank C. Brown, Secretary-Treasurer
Durham, North Carolina-
“The Hamlet Wreck”
1
“See the women and children going to the train,
Fare-you-well, my husband, if I never see you again,
The engineer turned his head
When he saw so many were dead,
So many have lost their lives.
Chorus
Isn’t Ains it sad, isn’t ains it sad?
Ex/cur/si/on left Durham, going to Charlotte, North Carolina,
Isn’t it sad, isn’t it said?
So many have lost their lives.
2
Some of us have mothers a standing at the train,
Say Fare-well-well, my daughter, I may never see you again,
And the train began to fly
And some didn’t come back alive,
So many have lost their lives.
[illegible] The fireman said to the engineer,
“We are something late,
We don’t want to meet up with the local freight,”
The local was on the line
And theye could not get there on time ,
So many have lost their lives.
3 omit these 2 stanzas
When the news got to Durham, some said it was a lie,
But there was some in the hospital almost ready to die,
And their poor old mothers, you know,
They were running from door to door,
So many have lost their lives.
Now colored people I will tell you and tell you to your face,
The train that left Durham, was loaded with our race,
And some did not think of dying
When they rode on down the line,
So many have lost their lives.
4
They put the dead in their coffins and sent them back to town,
And then they were taken to the burying ground,
You could hear the coffin sound
When they let those bodies down,
So many have lost their lives.”
“(by Franklin Williams and William Firkins)”
Note:This is the form of the song as it appears in a broadside published
by the Reform Publishing Company, an African-American printer in Durham.
The song was likely not composed by Williams and Firkins,
who ran operations in the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co’s factory in
Durham.
Hamlet Wreck
songs and music death
songs and music grief
songs and music railroad