The House Carpenter
 

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Citation

“The House Carpenter,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed November 21, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/14936.


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Title

The House Carpenter

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

North Carolina--Songs and music
Adultery--Songs and music
Ocean travel--Songs and music
Folk music--Appalachian Region

Alternative Title

The Ship Carpenter, House Carpenter's Wife, The Old Salt Sea, If You Will Leave Your House Carpenter, Well Met, Well Met, My Own True Love, Well Met, Well Met, My Old True Love, The Ship's Carpenter, Well Met, My Old True Love, The Sea-Faring Man, Well Met, James Harris, The Salt Water Sea, The Banks of Claudy, The Banks of Italy, James Herries, The Carpenter's Wife, I Have Forty Ships, Said an Old True Love

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Date

1939

Contributor

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

Format

JPEG
Song texts

Language

English

Type

Text

Spatial Coverage

Temporal Coverage

1930s

Classification Title

Daemon Lover, Variant 6

Informant

Arthur Hays [Hayes], 1889-?

Scholarly Classification

Child 243, Brown Older Ballads - Mostly British - 40, Randolph 30, Cox 25, Combs 36, Warner 45, Sharp 35

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