Thomas S. Brown, Compiler, Lyrics of Folk Songs Sung By Lillie Newton Cooper
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3544
Copies of transcribed typed and hand written lyrics of folk songs as sung by Lillie Newton Cooper (1888-1965). The songs include:
I'll Twine Mid the Ringlets
The Gold Harp
Johnny Came a Courting
Blue Eyes
Baggage Coach Ahead
Sweet Birds
Rosewood Casket
Two Orphans
The Drunkards Love Child
True Love
Cocoanut Grove
Kitty Wells
We Shall Know Each Other There
The Blind Girl
Lonesome Road
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
On Top of Old Smoky
Red River Valley
The Fatal Wedding
No Home
Jack and Joe
Early Early in the Spring
A Prisoner for Life
I'm a Poor Old Bachelor
Young Charlotte
Down in the Valley
Little Willie
Careless Love
Charles Katawha
I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers
New River Train
Wait Mr. Postman
Go Away Willie
There is also a copy of the first two pages of Lillie Newton Cooper's book of poetry, 'The Ways of Life', with a short biographical sketch, and a copy of lyrics of an untitled folk song heard in Harrison County, West Virginia during the late 19th century.
English
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Copies of transcribed typed and hand written lyrics of folk songs as sung by Lillie Newton Cooper (1888-1965). The songs include: 'I'll Twine Mid the Ringlets', 'The Gold Harp', and 'Johnny Came a Courting', among many others. There is also a copy of the first two pages of Lillie Newton Cooper's book of poetry, 'The Ways of Life', with a short biographical sketch, and a copy of lyrics of an untitled folk song heard in Harrison County, West Virginia during the late 19th century.
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