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The North Carolina Hills\
Ll Oh the North Carolina hills l Hbw majexti; and how grand~
With their summits bath'd in glory,Like our Prince Immanuel's
landt
Is it any wonder th~n~That my heart with rapture thrills,
As · I stand once more with lov''d ones on those North carolina
hills?
CHORUS
0 th~ hills,beautiful hil l s , How I ltve those North carolina
hills; If o'er sea or land I roam , Still I think of hap~y
home And thP, friends among the North carolina hills •.
2. Oh, the North Carolina hillsJWhere my girlhood hours wwre pass·e
Where I often wandered lonely,And the future tried to cast;
Many are our visions bright, Whiuh the future ne'er fulfills;
But how sunny were my day-dreams on those North carolina hills}
3. Oh the North Carolina hills! How unchang'd they seem to stand.
With their summits pointed sky-ward, To the great almighty's
land!
Many changes I can see;Which my heart wiwh sadness fills;
But no chan~es can be noticed In those North carclina hills!
4. Ch, ye North Carolina hills: I must bid you now a--dieu;
In my home beyond the mountains I shall ever dream of you;
In the ev-ning time of life, If my father only wills,
I shall still behold the vision Of those North carolina hills:
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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
Associated Date
1879
File name
113_WestVirginiaHills
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North Carolina Hills (West Virginia Hills)
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King, Amanda Ellen (Ruddell), 1846-1927
King, David H.
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English
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Text
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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
Subject
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North Carolina--Songs and music
Mountains--Songs and music
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<a title= "Glenville (W.Va.)" href="https://www.geonames.org/4807116/glenville.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Glenville (W.Va.)</a>
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W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
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Scripto
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The North Carolina Hills.
1. Oh the North Carolina hills! How majestic and how grand.
With their summits bath’d in glory, Like our Prince Immanuel’s
land!
Is it any wonder then, That my heart with rapture thrills,
As I stand once more with lov’d ones On those North Carolina
hills?
CHORUS
Oh the hills, beautiful hills, How I love those North Carolina
hills. If o’er sea or land I roam, Still I think of happy
home And the friends among the North Carolina hills.
2. Oh, the North Carolina hills! Where my girlhood hours were pass’d
Where I often wandered lonely, And the future tried to cast.
Many are our visions bright, Which the future ne’er fulfills.
But how sunny were my day-dreams On those North Carolina hills!
3. Oh the North Carolina hills! How unchang’d they seem to stand.
With their summits pointed sky-ward, To the great almighty’s
land!
Many changes I can see, Which my heart with sadness fills.
But no changes can be noticed In those North Carolina hills!
4. Oh, ye North Carolina hills! I must bid you now a-dieu.
In my home beyond the mountains I shall ever dream of you.
In the ev-ning time of life, If my father only wills,
shall still behold the vision Of those North Carolina hills!
David H. King
Ellen Rudell King
North Carolina Hills
songs and music mountains
songs and music North Carolina
state songs
West Virginia
West Virginia Hills
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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, Folk Lyric - 253
File name
113_OldSmoky_Sheet
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Old Smokey, Sheet Music
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English
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Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967
Subject
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Folk songs--United States
Courtship--Songs and music
Mountains--Songs and music
Unrequited love--Songs and music
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On Top of Old Smokie, On Top of the Smokies All Covered with Snow, On Top of Old Smokies, Advice to Girls, Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, I'm Going Away
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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.
Advice to Girls
folk songs
Old Smoky
On Top of Old Smokes
On Top of Old Smokie
On Top of the Smokies All Covered with Snow
Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly I'm Going Away
songs and music courtship
songs and music mountains
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OLD SMOKEY
On top of old Smokey
All covered with snow,
I lost my true lover
By courting too slow.
Courting is a pleasure
Parting is grief,
But hard-hearted parents,
Are worse than a thief.
Your parents are against me
And mine are against you.
But, Nancy, I love you
Whatever I do.
I am going now to leave you,
And tell you goodbye,
And leave you weeping
On Smokey so high.
It's a raining
It's a hailing,
The moon gives no light
Your hoss can't see to travel
This dark lonesome night .
My hoss he is hungry,
But he won't eat your hay,
Your Daddy's so darn stingy,
I'll be on my way .
Old Smokey, old Smokey,
Keep watch o'er my love,
She's as true as your mountains
And as pure as a dove.
�
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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, Folk Lyric - 253
File name
113_OldSmoky_Lyric_03
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Old Smokey, Lyric Variant 03
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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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Text
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Folk songs--United States
Courtship--Songs and music
Mountains--Songs and music
Abusive parents--Songs and music
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On Top of Old Smokie, On Top of the Smokies All Covered with Snow, On Top of Old Smokies, Advice to Girls, Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, I'm Going Away
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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.
Scripto
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Old Smokey
On top of old Smokey
All covered with snow,
I lost my true lover
By courting too slow.
Courting is a pleasure
Parting is grief,
But hard-hearted parents,
Are worse than a thief.
Your parents are against me
And mine are against you.
But, Nancy, I love you
Whatever I do.
I am going now to leave you,
And tell you goodbye,
And leave you weeping
On Smokey so high.
It’s a raining
It’s a hailing,
The moon gives no light
Your hoss can’t see to travel
This dark lonesome night.
My hoss he is hungry,
But he won’t eat your hay,
Your Daddy’s so darn stingy,
I’ll be on my way.
Old Smokey, old Smokey,
Keep watch o’er my love,
She’s as true as your mountains
And as pure as a dove.
Advice to Girls
folk songs
Old Smoky
On Top of Old Smokes
On Top of Old Smokie
On Top of the Smokies All Covered with Snow
Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly I'm Going Away
songs and music courtship
songs and music mountains
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OLD SMOKY
On top or ~ld Smoky, all covered with snow
I lost my true lover, by sparking too slow.
Sparking is pleasure, parting is grief
And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief.
A thief can rob you and take what you have
But a false hearted lover will take you to your grave.
The grave will decay you and turn you to dust
There aint one girl out of twenty that a poor boy can trust.
They will tell you they love you to give your heart ease
But as soon as your back's turned they'll court whom they please.
It's a rainin', it's a hailing, the moon gives no light
Your horses can't travel this dark lonesome night.
Go put up your horses and feed them some hay
Come sit you down by me as long as you stay,
My horses ain't hungry, they won't eat your hay
So farewell my little darling, I'll feed on my way.
I ·w111 drive on to Georgia and write you my mind,
My mind is to marry and leave you behind
Your parents are against me.~ mine are the same
It I!m down on your book, love, please rub oft my name.
I go up on Old Smoky, on the mountain so high
Where the wild birds and the turtle doves can hear my sad cry.
As soon as the dew drpps grow on the green lawn
Last night she was with me tonight she is gone.
I can love little or I can love long
I can love an old sweetheart till a new one comes on.
I can hug, I can kiss them, and prove to them kind
I can turn my back upon them and also my mind
Author Unknown
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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
Scholarly Classification
Brown, Folk Lyric - 253
File name
113_OldSmoky_Lyric_02
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Old Smoky, 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
Type
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Text
Subject
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Folk songs--United States
Unrequited love--Songs and music
Mountains--Songs and music
Courtship--Songs and music
Alternative Title
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Old Smokey, On Top of Old Smokie, On Top of the Smokies All Covered with Snow, On Top of Old Smokies, Advice to Girls, Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, I'm Going Away
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.
Old Smoky
On top of Old Smoky, all covered with snow
I lost my true lover, by sparking too slow.
Sparking is pleasure, parting is grief
And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief.
A thief can rob you and take what you have
But a false hearted lover will take you to your grave.
The grave will decay you and turn you to dust
There ain’t one girl out of twenty that a poor boy can trust.
They will tell you they love you to give your heart ease
But as soon as your back’s turned they’ll court whom they please.
It’s a rainin’, it’s a hailing, the moon gives no light
Your horses can’t travel this dark lonesome night.
Go put up your horses and feed them some hay
Come sit you down by me as long as you stay
My horses ain’t hungry, they won’t eat your hay
So farewell my little darling, I’ll feed on my way.
I will drive on to Georgia and write you my mind,
My mind is to marry and leave you behind
Your parents are against me, mine are the same
If I’m down on your book, love, please rub off my name.
I go up on Old Smoky, on the mountain so high
Where the wild birds and the turtle doves can hear my sad cry.
As soon as the dew drops grow on the green lawn
Last night she was with me tonight she is gone.
I can love little or I can love long
I can love an old sweetheart till a new one comes on.
I can hug, I can kiss them, and prove to them kind
I can turn my back upon them and also my mind
_Author Unknown
Advice to Girls
folk songs
Old Smokey
Old Smoky
On Top of Old Smokes
On Top of Old Smokie
On Top of the Smokies All Covered with Snow
Pretty Polly
Pretty Polly I'm Going Away
songs and music courtship
songs and music mountains
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lon; as you stcy.
~y horses ~ren•t bun~y;
They won't eat your bay,
As
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Tbie ~ k road to n6gbt.
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Your parents a e agaiaat
me~
An& nd.ne are t he same.
Look upon you~ love ~ook
.And ru out :my name.
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r lose
By ooubting too slow.
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And turn yo to dust.
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To ay I am with you
o-morrow r•tl e gone.
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I'm goin •aok to d:te,
Where the pigeonq an<t turtle doves
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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
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Brown, Folk Lyric - 253
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113_OldSmoky_Lyric_01_copy
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Old Smoky, Lyric Variant 01, Copy
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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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Text
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Folk songs--United States
Unrequited love--Songs and music
Courtship--Songs and music
Mountains--Songs and music
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Old Smokey, On Top of Old Smokie, On Top of the Smokies All Covered with Snow, On Top of Old Smokies, Advice to Girls, Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, I'm Going Away
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W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
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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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Before copying this, let me dictate a correction
Old Smokey
Come sit down beside me
As long as you stay.
My horses aren’t hungry,
They won’t eat your hay.
It’s raining, it’s raining.
Won’t give me no light.
My horses can’t travel this dark road to
This dark road to night.
Your parents are against me,
And mine are the same.
Look upon your love book
And rub out my name.
On top of old Smokey
Where the hills are so high
Where the wild birds and the turtle doves
Can hear my sad cry.
On top of old Smokey
All covered with snow
I lose a true lover
By courting too slow.
Courting is a pleasure
And parting a grief.
And a false hearted young man
Is worse than a thief.
A thief will only rob you
And take all you have.
And a false hearted young man
Will bring you to your grave.
The grave will decay you
And turn you to dust.
There’s not a boy in a hundred a poor boy can trust.
A poor girl can trust.
They’ll hug you, they’ll kiss you
For to give your heart ease.
And as soon as your back is turned
They’ll court who they please.
On top of old Smokey
All covered with corn
To-day I am with you
To-morrow I’ll be gone.
I’m going back to Smokey.
I’m going back to die,
Where the pigeons and turtle doves
Can hear my sad cry.
folk songs
Old Smoky
On Top of Old Smokes
On Top of Old Smokie
On Top of the Smokies All Covered with Snow
songs and music courtship
songs and music mountains
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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
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Alleghany Mountains
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JPEG
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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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Text
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Folk songs
Mountains--Songs and music
Unrequited love--Songs and music
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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.
Alleghany Mountains
folk songs
songs and music
songs and music mountains