Lord Daniel's Wife, or Little Mattly Groves

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

Adultery--Songs and music

Murder--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Little Mattie, Little Matha Grove, Little Mathie Grove, Little Massy Groves, Lord Orland's Wife, Young Little Mathy Groves, Little Matthy Groves, Lyttle Musgrave, Lord Donald, Lord Banner, Little Moth Grone, Little Matty Groves, Little Musgrave, Little Mathigrew, Little Matthigrews, Lord Valley, Maddy Gross, Little Mushiegrove, Lord Arnold, Little Mose Groves, Little Musgrove, Lord Vanover, Lord Darnell, Little Mathew Grove, Little Matthew, Lord Banner, The Red Rover, Lord Banner's Wife, Lord Benner, Lord Benner's Wife, Little Musgrove and Lady Barnswell, Lord Daniel's Wife, Lord Arnold's Wife, Little Mathey Grones, Matha Grove, Lord Daniel, Lord Daniels, Little Mathey Groves, Little Mathagroe

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

1914

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

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Song texts

English

Text

1910s

Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, Variant 5

Thomas Smith

Charles Alphonso Smith, 1864-1923

professor of English, biographer of O. Henry, founder of Virginia Folklore Society

Child 81, Brown Older Ballads - Mostly British - 26(A), Randolph 20, Cox 15, Combs 204, Warner 78, Sharp 23