Title
I'll Hang My Harp on a Willow Tree, Sheet Music 02
Description
One leaf with preprinted staff lines handwritten in black ink on the front side. The document is in good physical condition. There are pad perforations along the top edge. The document was laminated. There are staple holes at the upper left corner. There are minor stains of unknown origin at the upper right corner. There is a faint, handwritten check mark at the lower right corner.
Subject
Popular music -- Great Britain Folk songs -- United States Unrequited love -- Songs and music Crusades -- Songs and music
Alternative Title
Harp on the Willow Tree. The Saracen
Creator
Thomas Haynes Bayly, 1797-1839
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
Miscellaneous
I'll Hang My Harp on a Willow Tree.
I'll hang my harp on a willow tree, I'm off to the wars a -gain. My peaceful home has no charm for me, the
battle field no pain, the lady I love will
soon be a bride, with a diadem on her brow Oh!
why did she flatter my boyish pride, She's going to leave me
now -
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