The Jealous Lover

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

Murder--Songs and music

Last words--Songs and music

Courtship--Songs and music

Ballads

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Florilla, Blue-Eyed Ella, The Lone, Lone Valley, Down in a Lone Valley, The Love Valley, Floella's Death, Annie, My Darling, The Lone Green Valley, Pearl Bryant, Way Down in Lone Green Valley, Fair Young Ellen, Edward and Annie, Fair Emily, Pearl Bright, The Jewish Lover, The Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley, The Weeping Willow, Pearl Bryan (II), Nell Cropsey (II), Floella

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

1938

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

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Song texts

English

Text

1930s

Florella (The Jealous Lover), Variant 5

Melba Lovill, 1920-2005

student of Dr. Abrams

Brown Native American Ballads - 250(J), Randolph 138, Laws F 1, Cox 38, Combs 63