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
Titanic--Songs and music
Shipwrecks--Songs and music
Shipwreck victims--Songs and music
Drowning--Songs and music
Social classes--Songs and music
Ballads
Alternative Title
Disaster of the Great Ship, Sinking of the Titanic, Sinking of the Great Ship, Destruction of the Titanic, The Ship Titanic, God Moved on the Water
Publisher
W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Contributor
Abrams, W. Amos (William Amos), 1904-1991
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