The Quaker Courtship
 


Citation

“The Quaker Courtship,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 27, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/19616.


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Title

The Quaker Courtship

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

Folk songs--United States
Courtship--Songs and music
Unrequited love--Songs and music
Quakers--Songs and music

Alternative Title

Madam, I am Come A-Courting, The Courting Song, The Quaker's Courtship

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

Brown, Courting Songs - 8
Randolph, 362