Appalachian State University Digital Collections

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- Hard Up
- Folk songs -- North Carolina Poverty -- Songs and music
- One leaf of lined paper, handwritten in black ink on the front side. The document is in excellent physical condition. A portion has been cut away from the top of the leaf. There is one remaining loose leaf binding hole at the left edge. The...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Shall I Meet You Up There?, Copy
- Gospel music -- Songs and music Heaven -- Songs and music
- Single leaf, typewritten on front side. Document in good physical condition. Two push pin holes in each corner. Informant citation follows text. Document is copy of an original in the 1905 Coffey/Hoover manuscript book.
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Shall I Meet You Up There?
- Gospel music -- Songs and music Heaven -- Songs and music
- Two leaves of lined paper, handwritten in ink on one side. Document is from the 1905 Coffey/Hoover manuscript book. Document is in good physical condition.
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Jesse James, Copy
- Ballads -- Tennessee Ballads -- Virginia Ballads -- North Carolina James, Jesse, 1847-1882 -- Songs and music Ford, Robert, 1862-1892 -- Songs and music Brigands and robbers -- Songs and music Death --...
- One leaf, typewritten on the front side. The document is in good physical condition. There is a pushpin hole at the center upper edge. The document title is handwritten in red pencil at the upper left corner. There are two informant citations,...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Wife of Usher's Well, Variant 4
- Ballads, English Ballads, Scots Ghosts -- Songs and Music Mothers -- Songs and Music
- One leaf, typewritten on the front side. The document is in good physical condition. There is a significant tear, likely from the removal of a staple, at the upper left corner. There is one staple hole at the upper left corner. There is a...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, Variant 3
- Ballads, English Ballads, Scots Adultery -- Songs and Music Murder -- Songs and Music
- Two leaves, typewritten on both sides. The document is in good physical condition. There are staple holes at the upper left corner of both leaves. There is a "3" handwritten in blue ink at the upper right corner of the first leaf,...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, Variant 8
- Ballads, English Ballads, Scots Adultery -- Songs and Music Murder -- Songs and Music
- Two leaves, typewritten on the front sides. The document is in good physical condition. There are staple holes at the upper left corners of both leaves. There is a paper clip stain at the upper left corner of the first leaf. There is a minor...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Maid Freed from the Gallows, Variant 2
- Ballads, English -- North Carolina Ballads, Irish -- North Carolina Ballads, Scots -- North Carolina Capital Punishment -- Songs and Music Ransom -- Songs and Music
- One leaf, typewritten on the front side. The document is in excellent physical condition. There is a "2" handwritten in blue ink to the right of the title, likely for classification purposes.
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Farmer's Curst Wife, Variant 2
- Ballads, English -- Tennessee Ballads, Irish -- Tennessee Ballads, Scots -- Tennessee Ballads, English -- Virginia Ballads, Irish -- Virginia Ballads, Scots -- Virginia 
- Two leaves, typewritten on the front sides. There are staple holes and staple rust stains at the upper left corners of both leaves. There is a minor correction to the document title on the first leaf, handwritten in ink. There are two minor...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Boston Burglar, Variant 1
- Ballads -- North Carolina Criminals -- Songs and music Imprisonment -- Songs and ballads Regret -- Songs and music
- One leaf, handwritten in ink on the front side and handwritten in pencil on the reverse side. The document is in excellent physical condition. A second page of text appears to be missing.
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- William Riley, Variant 1
- Ballads, English -- North Carolina Love -- Songs and music Secret love -- Songs and music Jails -- Songs and music Trials -- Songs and music Fathers and daughters -- Songs and music
- Two leaves, typewritten on front sides. Document in good physical condition. There are staple holes at upper left corner. Informant citation follows song text.
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Wood Hauler
- Satirical songs -- North Carolina Loggers -- Songs and music Music and dance -- Songs and music Binge drinking -- Songs and music
- Two leaves, handwritten on front sides in black ink. Document in good physical condition. There are two binder holes along left edge of document. There is a stain from a paper clip at the top left corner. Informant citation precedes song title.
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Possum Up a 'Simmon Tree
- Folk songs -- United States Hunting dogs -- Songs and music Cows -- Songs and music Hens -- Songs and music
- One leaf, typewritten on the front side. The document is in good physical condition. There are two loose leaf binding holes at the upper edge, both of which have been torn. The document was laminated. It appears that a sheet of laminate was...
- I. G. Greer Folksong Collection
- Wife of Usher's Well, Variant 2
- Ballads, English -- North Carolina Ballads, Scots -- North Carolina Ghosts -- Songs and Music Mothers -- Songs and Music
- One leaf, typewritten on the front side. The document is in good physical condition. There is a paper clip rust stain at the upper left corner. There is a small tear at the upper right edge. There is a circled "2" handwritten in blue...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard, Variant 4
- Ballads, English Ballads, Scots Adultery -- Songs and Music Murder -- Songs and Music
- Two leaves, typewritten on the front sides. The document is in good physical condition. There are paper clip rust stains at the upper left corner of both leaves. There are staple holes at the upper left corner of both leaves. There is a...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Bonny Barbara Allan, Variant 8
- Ballads, English -- North Carolina Ballads, Irish -- North Carolina Ballads, Irish -- North Carolina Lovesickness -- Songs and Music Death -- Songs and Music
- One leaf, typewritten on the front side. The document is in excellent physical condition. There is an "8" handwritten in ink at the upper right corner, likely for classification purposes. The document is a carbon duplicate.
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Drowsy Sleeper, Variant 1
- Ballads, English -- North Carolina Courtship -- Songs and music Suicide -- Songs and music
- One leaf, typewritten on the front side. The document is in good physical condition. There is minor fraying and tearing along the upper edge. There is minor acid-related staining along the top edge. There is a minor tear at the lower left...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Hustling Gamblers, Variant 1
- Folk songs -- North Carolina Love -- Songs and music Binge drinking -- Songs and music Criminals -- Songs and music
- One leaf, typewritten on the front side. The document is in excellent physical condition. There is a minor tear near the center bottom edge. There are two minor tears along the right edge. There is one textual correction handwritten in red...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- Flood in Wilkes
- Folk songs -- North Carolina Floods -- Songs and music Wilkes County (N.C.) -- Songs and music Disasters -- Songs and music
- Sung to the tune of Ellen Smith. Two leaves, typewritten on the front sides. The document is in good physical condition. There are pushpin holes at each corner of both leaves. There is a staple hole at the top center edge of both leaves. There...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection
- John Hardy
- Ballads -- North Carolina Murderers -- Songs and music Mothers -- Songs and music Arrest -- Songs and music
- One leaf, typewritten on the front side. The document is in fair physical condition. There is signficiant fraying and tearing at the upper right corner and at the left edge of the document. There is a minor tear at the right edge. There is a...
- W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection