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: A Brave Irish Lady, A Proud Irish Lady, A Rich Irish Lady, A Royal Fair Damsel, Am I the Doctor You Wished For to See, An Irish Lady from Dublin She Came, An Irish Young Lady, Brown Girl, Fair Sally, Fine Sally, Irish ballad, New Ballad, Pretty Sally, Pretty Sally of London, Pretty Sara, Rich Lady from London, Sally and Billy, Sally and Her True Love Billy, Sally the Queen, Sally There was a Young Lady, Sally Yo’ Queen, Sarah the Queen, songs and music courtship, songs and music marriage, Sweet Sally, The Bold Soldier, The Death of Queen Jane, The Fair Damsel from London, The Rich Lady, The Sailor from Dover, The Young Sailor from Dover
