Willie My Darling/Poor Willie's Dead and Gone

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.

Unrequited love--Songs and music

Flirting--Songs and music

Love--Songs and music

Drowning--Songs and music

Death--Songs and music

Ballads

Folk music--Appalachian Region

The Flirt, Sinful Flirt, Sinful Flirting, It is Sinful to Flirt, Willie, Poor Willie Dead and Gone, Sinful to Flirt, Poor Willie

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

1939

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

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Song texts

Manuscripts (Documents)

English

Text

1930s

They Say It is Sinful to Flirt, Variant 2

Mrs. T. S. Warf [Ollie J. Warf], 1889-1982. Lena Warf, 1920-?

Ollie J. Warf born in Bedford, VA. Lena Warf is her daughter and was a student of Dr. Abrams.

Brown Native American Ballads - 275., Laws G 19