Faithful Friend, Lyric Variant 02

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 Friendship--Songs and music

Farewells--Songs and music

Farewells--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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Faithful Friend

My bark Of life was tossing down,
The troubled sea of time,
When first I saw your smiling face,
When youth was in its prime,
When life's dark hours were turned to life,
My sorrowed heart set free,
And ever since that time you've been
A faithful friend to me.

Cho.
It matters not where'er I roam,
Wherever you may be,
If ever I have had a friend,
You've been that friend to me.

One bright look from your blue eyes,
Dispells a cloud of strife,
And sends its rays of sunshine down,
My wearied path of life,
I now look back upon the past,
Across life's stormy sea,
And smile to think amid life's scene,
You've been that friend to me.
Cho.

The time has come that we must part,
I give this ring to thee,
I place it on thy finger dear,
That you may think of me,
Here's my hand and here's my heart,
I give them both to thee,
And if I never more come back,
I hope you'll think of me.
Cho.

Brown, Additional Songs - 687

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