The Blind Girl
 

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Citation

“The Blind Girl,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 28, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/14726.


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Title

The Blind Girl

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
Blind children--Songs and music
Remarriage--Songs and music
Death--Songs and music
Folk music--Appalachian Region

Alternative Title

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

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Date

1904

Contributor

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

Format

JPEG
Song texts

Language

English

Type

Text

Spatial Coverage

Temporal Coverage

1900-1910

Classification Title

Blind Girl, Variant 2

Informant

Lula B. Greene, 1890-?

Scholarly Classification

Brown Older Ballads - 149., Randolph 724