Arkansas Traveler (II), Sheet Music 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.

Folk songs--United States

Arkansas--Songs and music

Poverty--Songs and music

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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Notated music

English

Arkansaw Traveler

My name is Sanford Barney I came from Little Rock town. I've travel'd this wide world over, I've
traveled this wide world round, I've had many ups & downs through life better day's Ive saw, But I
never knew what misery was till I came to Arkansaw

Brown, Satirical Songs - 331

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