Pretty Polly

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

Courtship--Songs and music

Murder--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Ballads, English--Appalachian Region, Southern

Polly, Pretty Molly, Come, Pretty Polly, Polly and Sweet William, Young Beeham, The Ship's Carpenter, The Cruel Ship's Carpenter

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

Gosport Tragedy, Variant 2

Edna Smith, 1914-1991

student of Dr. Abrams

Brown Older Ballads - Mostly British - 64, Randolph 153, Laws P 36, Cox 89