La Fayette

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.

American fiction--19th century

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834--Songs and music

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Songs and music

Watson, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1831-1869

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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LaFayette

Should auld acquaintance be forget,
And never brought to mind?
The friends that’s true rememberd not,
And days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
We never can forget,
When dangers pressed and foes drew near,
Our friends was La Fayette.

When first our fathers bravely drew,
Against tyrants and their laws,
On wings of generous zeal he flew,
To aid the holy cause. Chorus-

He stemmed the broad Atlantic wave,
He vowed they should be free,
He led the bravest of the brave,
To death or victory. Chorus-

Let Brandywine his glory tell,
And Monmouth loud acclaim,
Let York in triumph proudly swell

1852

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