This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.
Tags: English ballad, Green Beds, Jack from India, Jack Tar, Johnny Been to the Sea, Johnny the Sailor, Pretty Polly, songs and music courtship, songs and music sailing, The Green Bed, The Liverpool Landlady, What Luck Young Johnny?, Young Johnny