The Blind Girl

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

Blind children--Songs and music

Remarriage--Songs and music

Death--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Blind Girl's Prayer, The Blind Child, The Blind Child's Prayer, Blind Girl's Death, The Blind Girl's Death, The Blind Child Prayer

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

1937

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

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Song texts

Manuscripts (Documents)

English

Text

1930s

Blind Girl, Variant 1

Chloe Michael

A note on the document states that Chloe Michael's father "learned it from his mother who learned it from her mother."

Brown Older Ballads - 149(E), Randolph 724