Nellie Crospie

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

Cropsey, Neil, 1901--Songs and music

Murder--Songs and music

Conscience--Songs and music

Guilt--Songs and music

Ballads

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Song of Nellie Cropsy and Jim Wilcox/The Wexford Girl, The Oxford Girl, The Lexington Girl, The Knoxville Girl, The Bloody Miller, The Wittam Miller, The Berkshire Tragedy, The Murdering Miller, Come All of You Who's Been in Love and Sympathize with Me, Last Saturday Night, Two Weeks Ago, Poor Nell, The Noel Girl, The Expert Girl, The Rexford Girl, The Cruel Miller, The Tragedy, The Lexington Miller, Johnny McDowell, The Waxford Girl, The Miller's Apprentice, The Oxford Tragedy

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

1938

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

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Song texts

Manuscripts (Documents)

English

Text

1930s

Nellie Cropsey, Variant 1/The Lexington Murder, Variant 7

Betty Bostic, 1917-?. Della Adams [Mrs. Gordon L. Bostic], 1867-?

Della Adams Bostic paternal grandmother of Betty Bostic. Betty student of Dr. Abrams.

Brown North Carolina Ballads - 307/, Brown Older Ballads - 65, Randolph 150, Cox 90, Warner 7, Sharp 71