Sweet Willie

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

Love--Songs and music

Soldiers--Songs and music

Death--Songs and music

Lovesickness--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Oh, Father, Go Build Me a Boat, Captain, Captain, Tell Me True, Oh, Captain, Captain, Tell Me True, Captain, Oh Captain, Tell Me True, Sweet Willie, Oh, Father, Father, Go Build Me a Boat, There is a Town Where I Did Dwell, Susie's Search for Her Lover, The Prentice Boy, The Sailor's Sweetheart, Moment's River Side, Down by the River Side, The Lost Lover, The Pinery Boy, Sweet William, I'll Sit Down and Write a Song, My Sweet Soldier Boy, A Sailor's Trade

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

Sailor Boy, Variant 6

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

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

Brown Older Ballads - Mostly British - 104., Randolph 68, Laws K 12, Cox 110, Combs 86, Warner 53, Sharp 106