Twenty (Forty, Sixty) Years Ago, Lyric Variant 03, Copy

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.

Memories--Songs and music

Reminiscing--Songs and music

Social change--Songs and music

Just Twenty Years Ago, Some Twenty Years Ago, The First Old Cooking Stove

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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Song texts

English

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Brown, Satirical Songs - 335

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