Billy Boy

This item is part of the W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection, which includes some 400 individual song titles, most of which have multiple variants. Dr. Abrams recorded songs primarily from the Appalachian region of North Carolina from 1938 to 1946 and transcribed them in 1973. Like the I. G. Greer Collection, the titles contained in Abrams’ collection range from traditional Child Ballads to 19th century popular music to compositions of local origin.

North Carolina--Songs and music

Wives--Songs and music

Cookery--Songs and music

Folk songs, English--Appalachian Region

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Charming Billy, Billie Boy

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Abrams, W. Amos (William Amos), 1904-1991

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Song texts

Manuscripts (Documents)

English

Text

Billy Boy, Variant 1

Ora Leona Townsend, 1917-?. Mrs. Manley Townsend [Ollie Bell Harmon], 1898-1978

Ollie Harmon Townsend is Leona Townsend's mother. Leona student of Dr. Abrams.

Brown Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes - 121, Randolph 104, Cox 168