Sir William and Fair Ellendor

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

Family Violence--Songs and music

Courtship--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Ballads, English--Appalachian Region, Southern

Earl Bran, The Seven Brothers, Lord Douglas, Sweet William, The Seven Sleepers, Rise Ye Up, Lord Loving, Sweet Willie, Sweet William and Fair Ellen, Lady Margaret, Lord William and Lady Margaret, Fair Ellender, As He Rode Up to the Old Man's Gate, The Douglas Tragedy, Sweet William and Ellen, The Seven King Sons, The Bold Soldier

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

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

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Song texts

Manuscripts (Documents)

English

Text

Earl Brand, Lyric Variant 2

Nancy Prather, 1861-?

Child 7, Brown Older Ballads - Mostly British - 3, Laws M 27, Cox 2, Combs 3, Warner 79, Sharp 4