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.
Tags: As the Dew Flies Over the Green Valley, ballads, Cooper of Fife, Dan-doo, Danyou, english ballads, Flow Gentle Rosemary, Hobblety Bobblety How Now, Hollin Green Hollin, Jenny, Jenny Fair Gentle Rosemary, Old Dandoo, Robertin Tush, Robin-a-Thrush, Scots Wife abuse, songs and music sheep, The Daughter of Peggy, The Wee Cooper o' Fife, There was an Old Man Who Lived Out West
