The Brown Girl

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

Courtship--Songs and music

Murder--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Lord Thomas, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet, Lord Thomas' Wedding, Fair Ellender, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender, Lord Thomas and Linda, Lord Thomas and Fair Elenor, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor, Lord Thomas and the Brown Girl, Lord Robert and Fair Ellen, Fair Ellen, Lord Thomas and the Brown Maid, Fair Eleanor, Little Eleanor, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinder, Lord Thomas and Elinda, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen, The Nut-Brown Maid, The Brown Bride, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellendor, Lord Thomas and Fair Elinor, Fair Ellender and the Brown Girl, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellenter, Fair Elendar and the Brown Girl, Loyd Thomas, Fair Ellenger

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

1933

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

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Song texts

English

Text

1930s

Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor, Variant 2

Alice Hicks, 1919-2004

sister to informant Rena Hicks

Child 73, Brown Older Ballads - Mostly British - 19, Randolph 15, Cox 10, Combs 18, Warner 140, Sharp 19