1 50 3 https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/d20893340e37573b126285676b7c5335.pdf c1a4e33772eb2ef94bf3a5b42651cf54 PDF Text Text I saw thy ~orm in youth~ul prime. No thought that pale decay, Could steal be~ore the steps o~ time, And wash its bloom away. Yet stillthy ~eatures wore that light. Which fleets not with the breath, And li~e never looked more ~arely bright, Than in thy ami lee o~ death. I As steams that run over golden mines, With modest murmur gl:de. N~r seem to know the wealth that shines, With in there gentle tide. So ~all beneath a simple guise, Thy radiant genious shone, And that which charmed all other eyes, Seemed worthless in thy own. I~ souls could always dwell above, Thou never hadest ~elt thy sphere, Or could we keep the souls we love, We never had lost thee here. Though many a gilted mind. we meet, Though ~a. ireet ~orms we see. To live with them is ~arless sweet, Than to remember thee. � 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 Associated Date 1820 File name 113_ISawThyFormInYouthfulPrime_Lyric_02 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 Saw Thy Form in Youthful Prime, Lyric Variant 02 Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. Youthful Prime 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 Irish poetry Memories--Songs and music Death--Songs and music Aging--Songs and music Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. <a title= "Dublin (Ireland)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/2964574/dublin.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Dublin (Ireland)</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. I saw thy form in youthful prime, No thought that pale decay, Could steal before the steps of time, And wash its bloom away. Yet still thy features wore that light. Which fleets not with the breath, And life never looked more farely bright, Than in thy smiles of death. As streams that run over golden mines, With modest mur mur glide. Nor seem to know the wealth that shines, With in there gentle tide. So fall beneath a simple guise, Thy radiant genious shone, And that which charmed all other eyes, Seemed worthless in thy own. If souls could always dwell above, Thou never hadest left thy sphere, Or could we keep the souls we love, We never had lost thee here. Though many a gilted mind we meet, Though fairest forms we see. To live with them is farless sweet, Than to remember thee. I Saw Thy Form in Youthful Prime Irish Melodies songs and music songs and music aging songs and music death Thomas Moore Youthful Prime https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/6a1dfa21d7235fbbbbd7a33cc5ac99c6.pdf ae0360632d3953b7c384ca1ff14b9d10 PDF Text Text YOurHFUL PRIME I saw thy form in youthful prime, Nor thought that pale decay; Would steal before the steps of time, And was te : its bloom away Mary.' Yet still thy features wore that light, Which fleets not wi th the breath· And life never ,looked more purely bright, Than in thy smile of death Mary.' As streams that run over golden mines, With modest murmur glide; Nor seem -tp )mow the wealth that shines, Winh in~ gentle tide Mary! So, veiled beneath a simple guise, Thy radiant genius shone: And that whic h charmed all other freyes, Seemed worthless in thy 0wn Mary! If s0uls c0uld always dwe'll above, Thou never hadest left thy sphere; Or, could we keep the souls we l0ve, We never had lost thee here Mary.' Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest f0rms we see; To live with them is far less sweet, Than t0 remember thee Mary.' � 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 Associated Date 1820 File name 113_ISawThyFormInYouthfulPrime_Lyric_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 I Saw Thy Form in Youthful Prime, Lyric Variant 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 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 Irish poetry Memories--Songs and music Death--Songs and music Aging--Songs and music Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. <a title= "Dublin (Ireland)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/2964574/dublin.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Dublin (Ireland)</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. Youthful Prime I saw thy form in youthful prime, Nor thought that pale decay. Would steal before the steps of time, And waste its bloom away Mary! Yet still thy features wore that light, Which fleets not with the breath, And life never looked more purely bright, Than in thy smile of death Mary! As streams that run over golden mines, With modest murmur glide, Nor seem to know the wealth that shines, With in this their gentle tide Mary! So, veiled beneath a simple guise, Thy radiant genius shone, And that which charmed all other yeyes, Seemed worthless in thy own Mary! If souls could always dwell above Thou never hadest left thy sphere. Or, could we keep the souls we love, We never had lost thee here Mary! Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest forms we see. To live with them is far less sweet, Than to remember thee Mary! I Saw Thy Form in Youthful Prime Irish Melodies songs and music songs and music aging songs and music death Thomas Moore Youthful Prime https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/0ae4730c15af6923e0c0b9f39692440c.pdf a5e2460ee7c7f773787ff80882675266 PDF Text Text WE IEFI' BEHIND US As slcrw our ship her foamy track, Against the wind was cleaving; Her trembling pennant still looked back, To that dear isle it was leaving. So took we part from all we love, From all the links that bind us; So turn our hearts wherever we rove, To those we left behind us! When, round the bowl, of vanished yee.rs, We talk with joyous seeming; And smiles that might as well be tears, So faint, so sad their beaming. While memory brings us back again, Each early tie that twined us; Oh; sweets the cup that circles then, To those we have left behind us! And when in other climes we meet, Some isle or vale enchanting; Where alllooks flowery wild and sweet, And nought but lO'f e is waning. We think low great had been our bliss, If Hee.ven had but assigned us; To live and die in scenes like this; With some we have left behind us! As travellers oft look back at evening, When eastward darkly going; To gaze upon that light they leave, Still fa.int behind them glowing. So when the close of pleasure's day, To gloom hath near consigned us; We turn to catch -one fading ray, Of joy that left behind us. � 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 Associated Date 1820 File name 113_AsSlowOurShip_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 As Slow Our Ship 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 Popular music--Ireland Homesickness--Songs and music Memories--Songs and music Time--Songs and music Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. <a title= "Dublin (Ireland)" href=" https://www.geonames.org/2964574/dublin.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Dublin (Ireland)</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. We Left Behind Us As slow our ship her foamy track, Against the wind was cleaving, Her trembling pennant still looked back, To that dear isle it was leaving. So took we part from all we love, From all the links that bind us, So turn our hearts wherever we rove, To those we left behind us! When, round the bowl, of vanished years, We talk with joyous seeming, And smiles that might as well be tears, So faint, so sad their beaming. While memory brings us back again, Each early tie that twined us, Oh! sweets the cup that circles then, To those we left behind us! And when in other climes we meet, Some isle or vale enchanting, When all looks flowery wild and sweet, And nought but love is wanting. We think how great had been our bliss, if Heaven had but assigned us, To live and die in scenes like this, With some we have left behind us! As travelers oft look back at evening, When eastward darkly going, To gaze upon that light they leave, Still faint behind them glowing. So when the close of pleasure’s day, To gloom hath near consigned us, We turn to catch –one fading ray, Of joy that left behind us. As Slow Our Ship Irish Melodies songs and music Ireland songs and music sailing Thomas Moore We Left Behind Us