A Song About a Man of War

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

Ships--Songs and music

Sailors--Songs and music

Sailing--Songs and music

Courtship--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

1768

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

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Song texts

English

Text

1760s

Song About a Man-of-War

General William Lenoir, 1751-1839

General Lenoir was born in Brunswick County, Virginia. At the time of the date given on the manuscript, Lenoir would likely have resided in either Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina or Halifax County North Carolina. General Lenoir was instrumental in building Fort Defiance in 1787 on Yadkin River. Town of Lenoir in Caldwell County is named for him.

Maude Minish, 1893-?

Clyde L. Lenoir

Brown Older Ballads - Mostly British - 115.