The Sweet Sailor Boy

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.

Love--Songs and music

Sailors--Songs and music

Death--Songs and music

Lovesickness--Songs and music

Ballads, English--United States--North Carolina

Bring Me Back the One I Love, Oh, Father, Go Build Me a Boat

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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[Mabel] Eunice Hall, 1908-1996. Effie Mae Allen, 1895-?

Effie a sister of Docia and Rosa Allen, both informants students of Dr. Greer

Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 104
Randolph, 68
Cox, 110