The Murder of the Lawson Family

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

Suicide--Songs and music

Stokes County (N.C.)--Songs and music

History--Songs and music

Ballads

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Charlie Lawson

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

Lawson Murder, Variant 1

J. C. Folger [Joseph Calvin Folger], 1916-1995

student of Dr. Abrams

Brown North Carolina Ballads - 298(A), Laws F 35, Waner 114