Daemon Lover, Sheet Music 06
 


Citation

“Daemon Lover, Sheet Music 06,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 10, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/31454.


Comments

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Title

Daemon Lover, Sheet Music 06

Description

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.

Subject

Ballads, English
Adultery--Songs and music
Ocean travel--Songs and music

Alternative Title

The House Carpenter (Said an Old True Love)

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Contributor

Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967

Format

PDF
Notated music

Language

English

Transcription

The House Carpenter

Well met, well met, my old true love. Well met, well met, he cried,
For I'm just returning from the salt, salt sea. And it's all for the love of thee.

Scholarly Classification

Child, 243 Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 40

File name

113_DaemonLover_Sheet_06