On the Banks of the Ohio

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.

Murder--Songs and music

Unrequited love--Songs and music

Rivers--Songs and music

Ballads

I Asked My Love to Take a Walk

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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English

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Wilkes County (N.C.)

Ruth Dare Proffit, 1910-2001, Wilhelmina Triplett, 1906-1935

students of Dr. Greer

1924-01-11

Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 66
Randolph, 160
Laws, F 5