1 50 2 https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/052d45a06d7f2abf6c7789ae0bf590d6.pdf 5d0b75dd901521597d7f53bf6879bde1 PDF Text Text � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource I.G. Greer Folksong Collection Description An account of the resource <p>The I. G. Greer Folksong Collection, presented here as part of the Documenting Appalachia digital initiative, consists of approximately 1,100 document pages that comprise more than 300 individual song titles, some with as many as ten distinct variants. The documents in this collection include manuscripts (some written as early as the mid-19th century), typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s secretarial staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs represented herein 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.</p> <p>Biographical Note. Isaac Garfield Greer (4 December 1881 - 24 November 1967) was a history and government professor for Appalachian State Teacher's College from 1910 to 1932. A native of Watauga County, North Carolina, he was born to Philip and Mary Greer of Zionville and initially worked as a public school teacher and principal until he was hired at Appalachian State Teacher's College. From 1932 to 1948, he worked as superintendent of Mills Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville, North Carolina. From 1948 to 1954, Greer was the Executive Vice-President of the Business Foundation of North Carolina. Greer and his first wife Willie Spainhour had two sons I.G. Greer, Jr. and Joseph P. Greer. Greer's second wife was Hattie O'Briant. Dr. Greer was an avid collector and singer of folk songs. He was a nationally recognized authority of mountain folk music during his lifetime. A bass player, Greer and his wife, who played the dulcimer, performed at various regional school and civic functions. They were recorded singing several folk songs by Library of Congress from 1941 to 1946. Appalachian State Teacher's College dedicated the I.G. Greer Music Hall in 1966. Greer also had an active civic life. He was the president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association and also served as a Boone City Alderman and in the North Carolina House of Representatives.</p> <p>Note: University Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) believes in providing access to the historical record in support of the teaching, learning, and research endeavors of the communities it serves. Users should be advised that, due to the historical nature of some resources, users may encounter language or content that is harmful or difficult to view.</p> Greer Document Other Name(s) Franklin Williams, William Firkins Scholarly Classification Brown, North Carolina Ballads - 290 File name 113_HamletWreck_Sheet_01 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hamlet Wreck, Sheet Music 01 Language A language of the resource English Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title=" I. G. Greer Folksong Collection" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/15" target="_blank"> I. G. Greer Folksong Collection </a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Notated music Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/197"> AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings </a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0//" target="_blank"> In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable</a> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. <a title= "Durham County (N.C.)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/4464374/durham-county.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Durham County (N.C.)</a> Subject The topic of the resource Railroad accidents--Songs and music Death--Songs and music Grief--Songs and music Ballads Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University Description An account of the resource 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. Hamlet Wreck songs and music death songs and music grief songs and music railroad https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/764d72defe9cf9902d25149421be2bca.pdf acda27597becfb1e17eb58572b91d096 PDF Text Text THE NORTH CAROLINA FOLK-LORE SOCIETY FRANK C . BROWN, SECRETARY- TREASURER DURHAM . NORTH CAROLINA •The Hamlet Wreck" et- ) •see the women and children going to the train , Fare-~ou-well , my husband, if I never see you again , The engineer turned his head When he saw so man¥ were dead; So many have lost their lives. I CHORUS. a., , -ClA1./V t i ,t sad , :i-Bf1' t it sad? ~cursion left Durham,going to Charlotte, North Carolina , Isn't tt sad, isn't it sad? So many have lost their lives. ~ '-' ... _ Some of us have mothers standing at the train , ~ Fare-well-well , my daughter , I may never see you again , And th e train began to fly And some di dn't come back alive; So many have lost their lives. The fireman said to the engineer, "We are something late, We don't want to meet up with the local freight", The local was on the line And the7K c ould not get there on time , So many have lost their lives . When the news got to Dumam, some said it was a lie , But there was somein the hospital almost ready to die , And their poor old mothers , you know , They were running from door to door ; s~ ma ny have lost their lives . Now colored people I will tell you to your face , The train that left Dunham, was loaded with our race , And some did not think of dying When they rode on down the line; So many have los t the i r lives . They put the dead in ~ eir coffins and sent them back to town , And then they were ~en to the burying ground , You could hear the coffin sound When they let those bodies down; So many have lost their ~ives . " ~ (By _Fr~nkl in Willi ~s and Wil~iam Firki ~s> ''~ ~ ~L o ~;~ ~~~:t ~ ~ j _ . . ;:;;:;-:4d::!f::r ~:X~~ J_~ ~11 ~ p~f;::!7v-y-Jr~,._j ~~ ~ '"w-~J~ ~/it. ~)hy ~~~ ~~~- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource I.G. Greer Folksong Collection Description An account of the resource <p>The I. G. Greer Folksong Collection, presented here as part of the Documenting Appalachia digital initiative, consists of approximately 1,100 document pages that comprise more than 300 individual song titles, some with as many as ten distinct variants. The documents in this collection include manuscripts (some written as early as the mid-19th century), typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s secretarial staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs represented herein 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.</p> <p>Biographical Note. Isaac Garfield Greer (4 December 1881 - 24 November 1967) was a history and government professor for Appalachian State Teacher's College from 1910 to 1932. A native of Watauga County, North Carolina, he was born to Philip and Mary Greer of Zionville and initially worked as a public school teacher and principal until he was hired at Appalachian State Teacher's College. From 1932 to 1948, he worked as superintendent of Mills Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville, North Carolina. From 1948 to 1954, Greer was the Executive Vice-President of the Business Foundation of North Carolina. Greer and his first wife Willie Spainhour had two sons I.G. Greer, Jr. and Joseph P. Greer. Greer's second wife was Hattie O'Briant. Dr. Greer was an avid collector and singer of folk songs. He was a nationally recognized authority of mountain folk music during his lifetime. A bass player, Greer and his wife, who played the dulcimer, performed at various regional school and civic functions. They were recorded singing several folk songs by Library of Congress from 1941 to 1946. Appalachian State Teacher's College dedicated the I.G. Greer Music Hall in 1966. Greer also had an active civic life. He was the president of the Southern Appalachian Historical Association and also served as a Boone City Alderman and in the North Carolina House of Representatives.</p> <p>Note: University Libraries Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) believes in providing access to the historical record in support of the teaching, learning, and research endeavors of the communities it serves. Users should be advised that, due to the historical nature of some resources, users may encounter language or content that is harmful or difficult to view.</p> Greer Document Informant Franklin Williams, William Firkins Other Name(s) Frank C. Brown Scholarly Classification Brown, North Carolina Ballads - 290 File name 113_HamletWreck_ocr Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hamlet Wreck Language A language of the resource English Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. <a title=" I. G. Greer Folksong Collection" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/15" target="_blank"> I. G. Greer Folksong Collection </a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/197"> AC.113 Isaac Garfield (I.G.) Greer Papers and Recordings </a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a title="In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable" href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0//" target="_blank"> In Copyright - Rights-holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable</a> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967 Subject The topic of the resource Ballads Railroad accidents--Songs and music Death--Songs and music Grief--Songs and music Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. <a title= "Durham County (N.C.)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/4464374/durham-county.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Durham County (N.C.)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University Description An account of the resource 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. Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Negro Songs and Ballads The North Carolina Folklore Society. Frank C. Brown, Secretary-Treasurer Durham, North Carolina- “The Hamlet Wreck” 1 “See the women and children going to the train, Fare-you-well, my husband, if I never see you again, The engineer turned his head When he saw so many were dead, So many have lost their lives. Chorus Isn’t Ains it sad, isn’t ains it sad? Ex/cur/si/on left Durham, going to Charlotte, North Carolina, Isn’t it sad, isn’t it said? So many have lost their lives. 2 Some of us have mothers a standing at the train, Say Fare-well-well, my daughter, I may never see you again, And the train began to fly And some didn’t come back alive, So many have lost their lives. [illegible] The fireman said to the engineer, “We are something late, We don’t want to meet up with the local freight,” The local was on the line And theye could not get there on time , So many have lost their lives. 3 omit these 2 stanzas When the news got to Durham, some said it was a lie, But there was some in the hospital almost ready to die, And their poor old mothers, you know, They were running from door to door, So many have lost their lives. Now colored people I will tell you and tell you to your face, The train that left Durham, was loaded with our race, And some did not think of dying When they rode on down the line, So many have lost their lives. 4 They put the dead in their coffins and sent them back to town, And then they were taken to the burying ground, You could hear the coffin sound When they let those bodies down, So many have lost their lives.” “(by Franklin Williams and William Firkins)” Note:This is the form of the song as it appears in a broadside published by the Reform Publishing Company, an African-American printer in Durham. The song was likely not composed by Williams and Firkins, who ran operations in the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co’s factory in Durham. Hamlet Wreck songs and music death songs and music grief songs and music railroad