Title
Common Bill, Sheet Music 01
Description
One leaf with preprinted staff lines handwritten in pencil on the front side. The document is in good physical condition. The document was laminated. There is a paper clip rust stain at the upper left corner. There is a minor tear at the middle left edge.
Subject
Ballads, English Courtship -- Songs and music Nonsense songs
Alternative Title
Silly Billy
Publisher
W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Rights
The images and audio files contained in the "So Mote It Ever Be: The Folksong Heritage of North Carolina's Northern Blue Ridge Mountains" collection are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. I. G. Greer/W. Amos Abrams Manuscript Files Series, Folksong Files Subseries. W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Special Collections. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC). Any commercial use of the materials without the written permission of Appalachian State University is strictly prohibited. Please contact the Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection with specific questions or with requests for further information.
Language
Musical notation, English
English
Transcription
Common Bill
I'm in love with a feller', a feller you have seen, who is neither red nor yeller nor
all together green. His name is not so charming It's only common Bill, he
asked me to wed him but I hardley think I will. Poor Bill, Poor Silly Bill, he
urges me to wed him, but I hardly think I will.
