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: Alace I Lie My Alon, Fair Margaret and Sweet William, I'm Like to Die Awld, King William and Lady Margaret, Lady Margaret, Lady Margaret and Sweet William, Lady Margaret's Ghost, Lady Marget, Lady Margret, Little Marget, Margaret and William, Pretty Polly, songs and music courthship, songs and music death, Sweet William and Lady Marg’ret, Sweet William and Lady Margaret, Sweet Willie, Sweet Willie and Fair Annie, William and Margaret
