I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again, Sheet Music 01
 


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“I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again, Sheet Music 01,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed November 22, 2024, https://am.library.appstate.edu/items/show/31594.


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Title

I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again, Sheet Music 01

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

Folk songs--United States
Married people--Songs and music
Mothers--Songs and music
Poverty--Songs and music
Regret--Songs and music

Alternative Title

Single Gal, The Single Girl, I Wish I Were Single Again, A Drunkard, The Drunkard's Wife, A Married Woman's Lament, I'm Satisfied, I Wish I Were a Single Girl Again

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Contributor

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

Format

PDF
Notated music

Language

English

Transcription

Single Gal

When I was single I went dressed all so fine. Now I am married I go

ragged all the time. Oh, I wish I was a single gal again.


Scholarly Classification

Brown, Drink and Gambling Songs - 28 Randolph, 366 Combs, 178 Warner, 126

File name

113_IWishIWasASingleGirlAgain_Sheet_01

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