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Classification Title	Girl I Left Behind Me, Lyric Variant 02
Alternative Titles	The Girl I Left Behind; Maggie Walker; The Maid I Left Behind; The Tennessee Girl; My Parents Reared Me Tenderly
Subject	Ballads, English Ballads, Scots Courtship -- Songs and music Betrothal -- Songs and music Migrant workers -- Songs and music
Scholarly Classification	Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 145 Randolph, 64 Laws, P 1 Cox, 85 Combs, 111 Sharp, 96
Description	One leaf of lined paper, handwritten in pencil on both sides. The document is in good physical condition. The document was removed from a bound volume. There is moderate fraying along the left edge. The document was laminated.
Dimensions, Original	206 mm x 250 mm
Publisher	W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Contributors	I. G. Greer
Upload Date	2008-07-30
Type	Manuscript
Format	JPEG
Language	English
Rights	The images and audio files contained in the "So Mote It Ever Be: The Folksong Heritage of North Carolina's Northern Blue Ridge Mountains" collection are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. I. G. Greer/W. Amos Abrams Manuscript Files Series, Folksong Files Subseries, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Special Collections, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC). Any commercial use of the materials without the written permission of Appalachian State University is strictly prohibited. Please contact the Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection with specific questions or with requests for further information.
Scan Date	2006-06-09
Scan By	Paul L. Robertson
Transcribe Date	2006-06-28
Transcribe By	Paul L. Robertson

Classification Title	Girl I Left Behind Me, Lyric Variant 02, Page 1
File Name	girl_i_02_p1.tif
Transcript	(1) My parents reared me most tenderly Though they had no child but me My mind was bent on gamboling With them it did not agree. I became a rovin soon. It grieves my heart ful sore I left my aged parents dear to see them never more. I left my aged parents dear to see them never more. (2) To Danpart Town I first set out To England's beautiful land Where handsome Elizabeth She took me by the hand She says I've gold in plenty In love with you I be The gold that I possess is Yours if you'll marry me. The gold that I possess is Yours if you'll marry me.

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