Wife of Usher's Well, Lyric Variant 02
 


Citation

“Wife of Usher's Well, Lyric Variant 02,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 10, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/31927.


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Title

Wife of Usher's Well, Lyric Variant 02

Description

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.

Subject

Ballads, English
Ghosts--Songs and Music
Mothers--Songs and Music
Children--Songs and music

Alternative Title

There was a Lady in Merry Scotland, Three Babes, The Three Little Babes, Lady Gay, Lady Gray, There was a Lady, The Three Little Babs, The Lady and the Children Three, The Three Poor Little Children, Moravian Song, The Lone Widow, A Ballad of the Return of the Dead, Lady Grey

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Contributor

Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967

Format

PDF
Song texts
Typescripts

Language

English

Type

Text

Scholarly Classification

Child, 79. Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 25 Randolph. 19 Cox 14 Combs 22. Sharp 22

File name

113_WifeOfUshersWell_Lyric_02