Disaster of the Great Ship/Sinking of the Titanic

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

Titanic--Songs and music

Shipwrecks--Songs and music

Drowning--Songs and music

Social classes--Songs and music

Ballads

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Sinking of the Great Ship, Destruction of the Titanic, The Great Titanic, The Ship Titanic, God Moves on the Waters

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

1915

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

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Song texts

Manuscripts (Documents)

English

Text

1910s

Titanic, Variant 1

Rev. G. P. Moore

C. R. H.

Brown North Carolina Ballads - 287., Laws D 24