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
Binge drinking--Songs and music
Folk music--Appalachian Region
Alternative Title
Our Goodman Came Hame at E'en, Hame Came Our Gudeman at E'en, The Old Man Came Home, Home Comes the Good Old Man, Hobble and Bobble, The Drunken Fool, Three Night Spree, Came Home the Other Night, Old Wichet, Kind Wife, The Drunkard's Song, Home Came a Goodman, Hame Drunk on Sunday, The Cuckold, The Cuckold's Song, Old Man Crip, Four Nights, The Seven Drunken Nights, Our Good Man, Three Nights Experience, Six Nights Drunk, Drunkard's Special, Five Nights Experience, The Three Good Nights, Three Nights Drunk, The Old Man, Old Milking Cow, An Old Man Came Tumbling Home, I Went Home One Night, I Called to My Loving Wife, Haink Fer-Thie Thie Amnagh, Three Nights of Experience, Down Came the Old Man, Mr, Goody Goody, Old Wife, False Wife
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