When I Was Single, Sheet Music 03

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

Marriage--Songs and music

Marital conflict--Songs and music

Warnings--Songs and music

I Wish I were Single

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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Notated music

English

Humor

I Wish I was Single Again.
When I was single O, then, O, then,
When I was single O then,
When I was single my pockets would jingle and I wish I was single again.

Brown, Courting Songs - 19 Randolph 365. Combs 177. Warner 127

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