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I.G. Greer Folksong Collection
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<p>The I. G. Greer Folksong Collection, presented here as part of the Documenting Appalachia digital initiative, consists of approximately 1,100 document pages that comprise more than 300 individual song titles, some with as many as ten distinct variants. The documents in this collection include manuscripts (some written as early as the mid-19th century), typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s secretarial staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs represented herein 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.</p>
<p>Biographical Note. Isaac Garfield Greer (4 December 1881 - 24 November 1967) was a history and government professor for Appalachian State Teacher's College from 1910 to 1932. A native of Watauga County, North Carolina, he was born to Philip and Mary Greer of Zionville and initially worked as a public school teacher and principal until he was hired at Appalachian State Teacher's College. From 1932 to 1948, he worked as superintendent of Mills Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville, North Carolina. From 1948 to 1954, Greer was the Executive Vice-President of the Business Foundation of North Carolina. Greer and his first wife Willie Spainhour had two sons I.G. Greer, Jr. and Joseph P. Greer. Greer's second wife was Hattie O'Briant. Dr. Greer was an avid collector and singer of folk songs. He was a nationally recognized authority of mountain folk music during his lifetime. A bass player, Greer and his wife, who played the dulcimer, performed at various regional school and civic functions. They were recorded singing several folk songs by Library of Congress from 1941 to 1946. Appalachian State Teacher's College dedicated the I.G. Greer Music Hall in 1966. Greer also had an active civic life. He was the president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association and also served as a Boone City Alderman and in the North Carolina House of Representatives.</p>
<p>Note: University Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) believes in providing access to the historical record in support of the teaching, learning, and research endeavors of the communities it serves. Users should be advised that, due to the historical nature of some resources, users may encounter language or content that is harmful or difficult to view.</p>
Greer Document
Scholarly Classification
Child, 79. Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 25 Randolph. 19 Cox 14 Combs 22. Sharp 22
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113_WifeOfUshersWell_Lyric_03_ocr
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Wife of Usher's Well, Lyric Variant 03
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English
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Text
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<a title=" I. G. Greer Folksong Collection" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/15" target="_blank"> I. G. Greer Folksong Collection </a>
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Song texts
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<a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/197"> AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings </a>
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Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967
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Ballads, English
Ghosts--Songs and Music
Mothers--Songs and Music
Children--Songs and music
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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
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W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
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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.
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The Wife of Usher’s Well
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Lady Gray or Three Little Babes.
(A Balad of the Return of the Dead)
There was a lady of beauty rare,
And children she had three,
She sent them away to the North Countree,
To learn their grammarree.
They hadn’t been gone so very long,
Scarcely three months and a day,
When there came a sickness all over the land,
And swept them all away.
And when she came this for to know,
She wrung her hands full sore,
Saying alas' alas! What shall I do,
For I’ll never see my babes any more.
Ain’t there a king in Heaven ,she cried,
Who used to wear a crown?
I pray the Lord will me reward,
And send my three babes down.
It was a comin’ near Christmas time,
And the nights were long and cold,
When her three little babes came running down
To their dear mother’s home.
She set a table for them there,
All covered with cakes and wine,
And said come eat, my dear little babes,
Come, eat and drink of mine.
We do not want your cakes, Mammee,
We do not want your wine,
For in the morning by the break of day,
With our Savior you must dine.
She fixed them a bed in the backmost room,
All spread o’er with clean white sheets,
And on the top a golden one.xx
That they might soundly sleep.
Take it off, take it off, Mammee, they said,
Take it off we say again.
A woe, a woe to this wicked world,
So long since pride began.
Cold clods lie at our heads, Mammee,
Green grass grows at our feet,
The tears come running down your cheeks
To wet our winding sheet.
Rise up, rise up, said the oldest one,
I hear the rooster crow,
Oh, yonder stands our Savior dear,
And to him we must go.
A Ballad of the Return of the Dead
ballads
Lady Gay
Lady Grey
lyric variant 3
Moravian Song
North Carolina ghosts
songs and music children
songs and music mothers
The Lady and the Children Three
The Lone Widow
The Three Little Babes
The Three Little Babs
The Three Pore Little Children
The Wife of Ushers Well
There was a Lady
There was a Lady in Merry Scotland
Three Babes