Weeping Willow, 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.

Unrequited love--Songs and music

Betrayal--Songs and music

Warnings--Songs and music

Weeping willow--Songs and music

Down by the Weeping Willow, Under the Weeping Willow Tree, Bury Me Beneath the Willow

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

Text

Brown, Folk Lyric - 267 Randolph, 747

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