John Reilley, Lyric Variant 01

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--North Carolina

Courtship--Songs and music

Love--Songs and music

Homecoming--Songs and music

Sailors--Songs and music

Ballads, English--United States--North Carolina

John Reilly

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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Perry Greer

Student of Dr. Greer, it is possible (even likely) that the song text was written on the reverse side of Perry Greer's completed class assignment, and that he is not the informant

Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 93
Randolph, 56
Cox, 95