Father, Dear Father, Come with Me Now, Sheet Music 02

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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Father, Dear Father, Come Home

AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967

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Notated music

English

Father, Dear Father, Come Home With me now.
Father dear Father, come home with me now, the clock in the steeple strikes one. You
said you were coming right home from the shop as soon as your days work was done. The
fire is gone out, the house is all dark & Mama's been watching since
tea with poor Brother Bennie so sick in her arms and
no one to help her but me.

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