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English folk songs from the southern Appalachians, collected by Cecil J. Sharp; comprising two hundred and seventy-four songs and ballads with nine hundred and sixty-eight tunes, including thirty-nine tunes contributed by Olive Dame Campbell, edited by Maud Karpeles. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1932. [63]
After their first study in Appalachia, Sharp and Karpeles published English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. [34] Among the ballads Sharp and Karpeles found in Appalachia were medieval-themed songs such as "The Elfin Knight" and "Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor", and seafaring and adventure songs such as "In Seaport Town" and "Young ...
"English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. Collected by Cecil J. Sharp" (2 volumes, 1932. London: Oxford University Press) "Folk Songs of Europe" (1964. New York: Oak Publications) "Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs Vol 1 & 2" (1974) "The Crystal Spring" (1975) (This is a selection from the 2 vols of "English Folk Songs" 1974)
The Appalachian Mountains (probable place of origin) viewed from Clingman's Dome (perhaps, "Old Smoky") "On Top of Old Smoky" (often spelled "Smokey") is a traditional folk song of the United States. As recorded by the Weavers, the song reached the pop music charts in 1951. It is catalogued as Roud Folk Song Index No. 414.
Table: Ballads and Songs Sung By Mrs. Jane Gentry and Collected by Olive Dame Campbell and Cecil James Sharp, Published in: English folk songs from the southern Appalachians [11] Date Sung Entry Type Title Scale 1 Sept. 12, 1916 1 B Ballad The False Knight Upon the Road Pentatonic Mode 3, b (no 6th) 2 Sept. 11, 1916 4 A Ballad The Two Sisters
The song has become a part of the traditional repertory of Celtic music artists. The song was collected as "Black is the color" by Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles in 1916 from Mrs Lizzie Roberts, it is listed in English folk songs from the southern Appalachians (1917). [3] It also appeared in Sharps English Folksongs From The Southern ...
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Sharp's field notes were available for researchers, though the song was not published until after Sharp's death, when his collaborator, Maud Karpeles, produced a second volume of songs from the Southern Appalachians. [23] By 1937, the English Folk Song Society had become the English Folk Dance and Song Society, and in that year, another tune ...