Rambling Boy [II] / The Irish Robber

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

Brigands and robbers--Songs and music

Capital punishment--Songs and music

Love--Songs and music

Nobility--Songs and music

The Ramblin' Boy, I Robbed Old Nelse, Rich and Rambling Boy, Wild and Wicked Youth, The Rich Rambler, The Robber, In Newry Town

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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English

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Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 121 Randolph. 148 Laws. L 12 Combs. 90 Warner. 101

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