North Carolina Hills, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, the North Carolina Hills, How majestic and how grand, With their summits bathed in glory Like our Prince Immanuel's land." The singer repeatedly praises their beauty and their peoples; he must depart, but hopes to return
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: home nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 402, "The North Carolina Hills" (1 text)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, pp. 242-243, "The North Carolina Hills" (1 text)
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, D. K. Wilgus, "Note on 'The North Carolina Hills,'" Vol. IV, No. 1 (Jul 1956), p. 1, "(The Two Orphans)" (1 fragment, which Wilgus connects with Brown's "The North Carolina Hills")
Roud #11757
File: Br3402

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