The Lexington Murder
 

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Citation

“The Lexington Murder,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 26, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/14724.


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Title

The Lexington Murder

Description

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.

Subject

North Carolina--Songs and music
Murder--Songs and music
Conscience--Songs and music
Guilt--Songs and music
Folk music--Appalachian Region

Alternative Title

The Wexford Girl, The Oxford Girl, The Lexington Girl, The Knoxville Girl, The Bloody Miller, The Wittam Miller, The Berkshire Tragedy, The Murdering Miller, Come All of You Who's Been in Love and Sympathize with Me, Last Saturday Night, Two Weeks Ago, Poor Nell, The Noel Girl, The Expert Girl, The Rexford Girl, The Cruel Miller, The Tragedy, The Lexington Miller, Johnny McDowell, The Miller's Apprentice, The Waxford Girl, The Oxford Tragedy

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Contributor

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

Format

JPEG
Song texts

Language

English

Type

Text

Spatial Coverage

Classification Title

Lexington Murder, Variant 6

Informant

Nora Hicks, 1886-1953. Addie Hicks, 1920-?

Informant Note

Nora is Addie's mother

Collector

Edith Cavell Walker [Madison], 1919-1994

Scholarly Classification

Brown Older Ballads - 65, Randolph 150, Cox 90, Warner 7, Sharp 71