The Bloody Miller

This item is part of the W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection, which includes some 400 individual song titles, most of which have multiple variants. Dr. Abrams recorded songs primarily from the Appalachian region of North Carolina from 1938 to 1946 and transcribed them in 1973. Like the I. G. Greer Collection, the titles contained in Abrams’ collection range from traditional Child Ballads to 19th century popular music to compositions of local origin.

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Ballads, English--Appalachian Region, Southern

Murder--Songs and music

Conscience--Songs and music

The Oxford Girl, The Lexington Girl, The Knoxville Girl, The Wexford Girl, The Wittam Miller, The Berkshire Tragedy, The Murdering Miller, Come All of You Who's Been in Love and Sympathize with Me, Last Saturday Night, Two Weeks Ago, Poor Nell, The Noel Girl, The Expert Girl, The Rexford Girl, The Cruel Miller, The Tragedy, The Lexington Miller, Johnny McDowell, The Miller's Apprentice, The Waxford Girl, The Oxford Tragedy

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Abrams, W. Amos (William Amos), 1904-1991

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Song texts

Manuscripts (Documents)

English

Text

Lexington Murder, Variant 4

Judy Faye Aldridge, 1926-?

student of Dr. Abrams. The text of this manuscript is exactly the same as The Lexington Murder, Variant 4, Copy, in which a different informant is cited. Consequently, the correct informant of this variant is unknown.

Brown Older Ballads - 65, Randolph 150, Cox 90, Warner 7, Sharp 71