My Dearest Dear, 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

Love--Songs and music

Farewells--Songs and music

Birds--Songs and music

I Love You Well

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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There is a secret in my heart
A letter sealed with gold
There is a secret in my heart
A letter sealed with gold

A letter sealed with gold my love
Remember what I say
You are the girl that I
Love best until my dying day

The crow is so black my love
Altho it may turn white
If ever I prove false to you
Bright day shall turn to night
[ditto marks]
My love remember what
I say you are the girl
that I love best until
my dying day.

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