Lady in the Tower
 


Citation

“Lady in the Tower,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed February 16, 2025, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/19583.


Comments

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Title

Lady in the Tower

Description

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.

Subject

Ballads, English--United States
Ballads, Irish--United States
Murder--Songs and music
Death--Songs and music
Hell--Songs and music

Alternative Title

The Rose o' Malindie O, Down by the Greenwood Side, The Greenwood Siding, The Greenwood Side, There was a Lady Lived in York

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Contributor

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

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Text

Scholarly Classification

Child, 20
Randolph, 8
Cox, 5
Combs, 9
Sharp, 10