The Dumb Wife Cured · Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections

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Citation

“The Dumb Wife Cured,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed October 26, 2026, https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/items/show/14748.

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Title

The Dumb Wife Cured

Description

This item is part of the W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection, which includes some 400 individual song titles, most of which have multiple variants. Dr. Abrams recorded songs primarily from the Appalachian region of North Carolina from 1938 to 1946 and transcribed them in 1973. Like the I. G. Greer Collection, the titles contained in Abrams’ collection range from traditional Child Ballads to 19th century popular music to compositions of local origin.

Subject

Mute persons--Songs and music

Marital conflict--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Alternative Title

The Dumb Girl, The Bonnie Blade, Dumb, Dumb, Dumb

Source

AC.114 W. Amos Abrams Papers

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Contributor

Abrams, W. Amos (William Amos), 1904-1991

Rights

In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable

Is Part Of

W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection

Format

JPEG

Song texts

Language

English

Type

Text

Classification Title

Dumb Wife

Scholarly Classification

Brown Older Ballads - Mostly British - 183, Randolph 394, Laws Q 5

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