The Orphan Girl

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

Orphans--Songs and music

Avarice--Songs and music

Children--Death--Songs and music

Heaven--Songs and music

Hypothermia--Songs and music

No Home, No Home said a Little Girl, The Orphan Child

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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Minnie Celedia Boone

The informant citation is difficult to read, particularly the text assumed to be "Celedia." It is unknown whether Boone is the surname or the location.

Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 148
Randolph, 725
Cox, 153