Lover Farewell

This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.

Ballads, English--United States

Love--Songs and music

Unrequited love--Songs and music

Farewells--Songs and music

Lovesickness--Songs and music

Drowning--Songs and music

The Lovers Fare-Well, The Lovers Farewell, Lover's Farewell, Lovers' Farewell, Broken Engagement, I Wish that I was Marble, Met, Loved, and Parted, Sweet the Hour When First I Met You

AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967

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Le Le Greer [?]

This name is only an assumption. The informant citation is difficult to read. For the same reason, the document date is also a postulation.

1894-02-26

Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 155