Lamkin, Sheet Music 04, Copy

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.

Ballads, English

Murder--Songs and Music

Employee Crimes--Songs and Music

Capital Punishment--Songs and Music

False Lamkin, Bolakins, Bolakin, Beaulampkins, Squire Relantman, False Lambkin, Lampkin, Boab King, Lamkin, Lammikin, Long Lankin, Bo Lamkin, Bold Adkins, Bo Lankin

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

Sassafras Tea

Beauplampkins

Beaulampkins was as fine a mason as ever laid stone.
He built a fine castle and pay he got none.

Child, 93 Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 29 Randolph, 23

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