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: As He Rode Up to the Old Man's Gate, Earl Bran, Earl Brand, English ballad, Fair Ellender, Lady Margaret, Lord Douglas, Lord Loving, Lord William and Lady Margaret, Rise Ye Up, sheet music, Sir William and Fair Ellendor, Sweet William, Sweet William and Ellen, Sweet Willie, The Bold Soldier, The Douglas Tragedy, The Seven Brothers, The Seven King Sons, The Seven Sleepers