The Rich Lady

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, Irish--United States--North Carolina

Courtship--Songs and music

Unrequited love--Songs and music

Death--Songs and music

Ballads, English--United States--North Carolina

Fine Salley, Fair Sally, Pretty Sally, An Irish Young Lady

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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Mrs. R. E. Barnes [Ruth Emeline Jones], 1834-1924. Mrs. K. Z. Deal [Elizabeth Emaline Barnes], 1865-1938

Ruth Barnes mother of Elizabeth Deal and grandmother of Sue Campbell

Sue Campbell, 1897-1968

her ballad collection from the William B. Jones family of Taylorsville, NC is in the UNC Chapel Hill library

Child, 295
Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 90
Randolph, 40
Laws, P 9
Cox, 114
Sharp, 44