| Description |
1 score (109 pages) ; 19 cm |
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score |
| Note |
Principally unaccompanied |
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"Selected from a collection of about five hundred [songs] made in the Southern Appalachian Mountains during the years 1916 to 1918." |
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"Notes on the songs:" pages 101-107. |
| Contents |
The lovers' tasks (The Elfin knight) -- The false knight upon the road -- The seven sleepers (Earl Brand) -- The outlandish knight (Lady Isabel and the Elf knight) -- The two crows (The three ravens) -- The two sisters -- John Randolph (Lord Randal) -- Edward -- The cruel mother -- Lord Bateman (Young Beichan) -- The two brothers -- The cherry tree carol -- Love Henry (Young Hunting) --The maid freed from the gallows -- Lord Thomas and fair Ellinor --Fair Margaret and sweet William -- The three little.babes (The wife of Usher's Well) -- Matthy Groves (Iittle Musgrave and Lady Barnard) -- Barbara Ellen -- Little son Hugh (Sir Hugh) -- The death of Queen Jane -- Gypsy Davy (The Gypsy laddie) -- The wife wrapt in wether's skin -- Georgie (Geordie) -- The house carpenter (The daemon lover) -- Our goodman -- The farmer's curst wife -- The weeping willow tree (The golden vanity) -- Fair Sally (The brown girl) -- The lady and the dragoon -- Locks and bolts -- Jack went a-sailing -- William Hall -- William and Polly (Lisbon) -- Sweet William -- The cruel ship's carpenter -- The true lover's farewell -- The cuckoo -- Pretty Saro -- My dearest dear -- Black is the colour -- The false young man -- The dear companion -- The Irish girl -- Come all you fair and tender ladies -- Arise! Arise! -- The nightingale --Green bushes -- Good morning my pretty little miss -- The rebel soldier -- The rich old lady -- Katie Morey -- I must and I will get married -- Old woman (The deaf woman's courtship) -- Come my little roving sailor -- The miller's will -- Betty Anne -- The tree in the wood -- The riddle song -- When Adam was created -- Sinner man -- The crow-fish man -- Sally Anne -- Cripple creek -- Will you wear red? -- The chickens they are crowing -- Going to Boston -- Soldier boy for me -- Nottamun Town -- The sally buck -- I whipped my horse -- The swapping song (The foolish boy) -- The bird song -- Tommy Robin (Cock Robin) -- The frog and the mouse -- The squirrel -- The old woman and the little pig -- The farmyard -- What's little babies made of? --The bridle and saddle. |
| Subject |
Ballads, English.
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Ballads, English. |
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Folk songs -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Folk songs. |
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Southern Appalachian Region. |
| Genre/Form |
Folk music.
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Folk music.
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Notated music.
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Notated music.
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| Added Author |
Sharp, Cecil J. (Cecil James), 1859-1924.
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Karpeles, Maud, 1885-1976.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
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| Added Title |
English folk songs from the Southern Appalachians |
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