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.
Tags: ballads, Fair Eleanor, Fair Elendar and the Brown Girl, Fair Ellen, Fair Ellender, Fair Ellender and the Brown Girl, Fair Ellenger, Little Eleanor, Lord Robert and Fair Ellen, Lord Thomas and Elinda, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet, Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor, Lord Thomas and Fair Elender, Lord Thomas and Fair Elenor, Lord Thomas and Fair Elinor, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellendor, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellenter, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinder, Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor, Lord Thomas and Linda, Lord Thomas and the Brown Girl, Lord Thomas and the Brown Maid, Lord Thomas’ Wedding, Loyd Thomas, Song Ballot of Lord Thomas, songs and music courtship, songs and music murder, The Brown Bride, The Nut-Brown Maid