The Brown Girl
 

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Citation

“The Brown Girl,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed November 22, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/14896.


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Title

The Brown Girl

Description

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.

Subject

Courtship--Songs and music
Murder--Songs and music
Folk music--Appalachian Region

Alternative Title

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

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Contributor

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

Format

JPEG
Song texts

Language

English

Type

Text

Classification Title

Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor, Variant 13

Scholarly Classification

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

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