The Sailor Boy

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

Farewells--Songs and music

Death--Songs and music

Sailors--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

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

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Song texts

Manuscripts (Documents)

English

Text

Faithful Sailor Boy

Ina Elrod [Mrs. Roscoe Jacob Cook], 1892-1955

Brown Older Ballads - Mostly British - 111, Laws K 13