Georgie- Sigmund (AR) Collected 1955, date c. 1920 Parler A
[From Ozark Folksong Collection, Reel 230, Item 1. Collected by Mary Celestia Parler; transcribed by Neil Byer. This is a one stanza fragment (usually the last) w/music also Bronson 19. View: http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/OzarkFolkSong/id/3243/rec/4
The informant comments: "Well, I learned it from my mother about thirty-five years ago."
R. Matteson 2013, 2016]
A. "Georgie." - Kendall Sigmund of Butler's Fork, AR on September 17, 1955. Parler A
Georgie was hung with a silken rope,
Such ropes were not many
For George was born of a noble race
And was loved a [virtuous] lady.