House Carpenter

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.

Adultery--Songs and music

North Carolina--Songs and music

Ocean travel--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

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

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

1938

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

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Song texts

Manuscripts (Documents)

English

Text

1930s

Daemon Lover, Variant 10

Betty Bostic, 1917-?. Mrs. Gordon L. Bostic [Della Adams], 1867-?

Della Adams Bostic paternal grandmother of Betty Bostic. Betty student of Dr. Abrams.

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