T for Texas, T for Tennessee
 

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Citation

“T for Texas, T for Tennessee,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed September 30, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/14794.


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Title

T for Texas, T for Tennessee

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

Satirical songs--Songs and music
Tennessee--Songs and music
Betrayal--Songs and music
Threats and violence--Songs and music
Travel--Songs and music
Folk music--Appalachian Region

Alternative Title

Blue Yodel

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

Classification Title

Leave for Texas, Leave for Tennessee, Variant 2

Informant

Tom Hutsell, 1878-?

Collector

Frank W. Anderson, 1911-2007

Scholarly Classification

Brown Satirical Songs - 339

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