Lover Farewell
 

Citation

“Lover Farewell,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed November 1, 2026, https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/items/show/19580.


Comments

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Title

Lover Farewell

Description

This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.

Subject

Ballads, English--United States
Love--Songs and music
Unrequited love--Songs and music
Farewells--Songs and music
Lovesickness--Songs and music
Drowning--Songs and music

Alternative Title

The Lovers Fare-Well, The Lovers Farewell, Lover's Farewell, Lovers' Farewell, Broken Engagement, I Wish that I was Marble, Met, Loved, and Parted, Sweet the Hour When First I Met You

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Contributor

Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Text

Informant

Le Le Greer [?]

Informant Note

This name is only an assumption. The informant citation is difficult to read. For the same reason, the document date is also a postulation.

Associated Date

1894-02-26

Scholarly Classification

Brown, Older Ballads - Mostly British - 155

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