Folk-songs of Roanoke and the Albemarle / [compiled] by Louis W. Chappell.

Author/creator Chappell, Louis W.
Format Book
Publication InfoMorgantown, WV : The Ballad press, 1939.
Description203 pages : music ; 24 cm
Subjects
Folk songs, English--North Carolina.
Folk music--North Carolina.
Ballads, English--North Carolina.

Variant title Folksongs of Roanoke and the Albemarle
Contents Amy and Edward -- The banks of sweet Dundee -- The bardy train -- Betty Fair Miss -- Billy Grimes -- The boatswain and the chest -- Bonny Barbara Allen -- Boston burglar -- The boy child -- Buxter's bold crew -- The cambric shirt -- Captain Glen -- Captain Ward and the Rainbow -- Charles Gibbs -- Charlie and Mary -- Charlie Guiteau -- Charming Nancy -- Cupid's garden -- The demon lover -- The Dolphin -- The drunkard's courtship -- Edwin and Mary -- False William -- The farmer's curst wife -- The foxes -- Frankie and Johnny -- Georgie Collins -- Get on board, little children -- The golden glove -- The good old way -- Good woman -- Green grows the laurel -- The Green Willow Tree -- Gypsy Davy -- Henry was a high-learnt man -- The holly twig -- Holy is the Lamb of God -- I have been redeemed -- Ike Brown's song -- In Robin Hood's churchyard -- Jackie Rover -- Jackie went a-sailing -- Jess James -- Jesus setta me free -- John Henry -- The John Henry hammer song -- Johnnie and Nancy -- Johnny Wedlock -- John Reilly -- The lady and the dragon -- Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight -- Lamkins -- Lifeboat -- The lily of the West -- The Little Clare Mary -- Little David, play on your harp -- Little Matthew Groves -- The little plowing boy -- Lord Bateman -- Lord Lovel -- Lord Thomas and Fair Ellen -- Lorendo -- Loss of the Albion -- The lover's lament -- Maid freed from the gallows -- Mary and Sandy -- The mermaid -- The miller -- Molly, I'm the man -- The mourner's comfort -- My parents raised me tenderly -- My sins are all taken away -- Napoleon -- Nell Cropsey -- Nellie Cropsey -- O blessed Lord -- O I believe in Jesus -- O I shall have wings -- The old king and his three sons -- Old King Jimmy -- Old Rosin the Beau -- The old time religion -- The old woman -- O Naaman -- On the banks of the Claudy -- The orphan girl -- Our Goodman -- Over yonders ocean -- O where will ye be? -- The oyster girl -- Paul Jones -- Peep squirrel -- The pirate -- Polly Bond -- Put my little shoes away -- The Queen of Russia and the Prince of Wales -- Rain, rain, my Savior -- Ram of Darby -- Rinordine -- Sailor boy -- Sally Dover -- The Sheffield prentice -- The shipwreck -- Sold in hell -- A soldier of the cross -- Spirit of the Lord has fell on to me -- Sunshine followed rain -- Sylvania Lester -- Three black crows -- The two brothers -- The two sisters -- Wake up, wake up -- We've come to judgment -- When I was single -- Who will shoe your feet? -- Wild Bill Jones -- Will the weaver -- Young hunting.
General noteSome of the songs with music (unaccompanied melodies)
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography and index.
LCCN 39031806

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