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Category: Music

  • “Barbara Ellen”
  • “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny.” (1878)
  • “John of Hazelgreen”
  • “Oh! Carry Me Back to Ole Virginney” (1847)
  • “Virginia Folk-Lore Society” (1913)
  • A. P. Carter (1891–1960)
  • Billy or Blind Billy (ca. 1805–1855)
  • Blind Billy Death Notice, Richmond Daily Dispatch (April 23,...
  • Bristol Sessions (1927), The
  • Introduction to Traditional Ballads of Virginia (1929)
  • Joel Walker Sweeney (ca. 1810–October 1860)
  • June Carter Cash (1929–2003)
  • Letter from Jacob Rubsamen to Thomas Jefferson (December 1,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Giovanni Fabbroni (June 8,...
  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph (April...
  • Maybelle Carter (1909–1978)
  • Patsy Cline (1932–1963)
  • Rye Cove Cyclone
  • Sara Carter (1898–1979)
  • Sound in Jefferson’s Virginia
  • Texas Gladden (1895–1966)
  • The Virginia Folklore Society
  • Tommy Edwards (1922–1969)
  • Virginia State Song
  • Wreck of the Old 97

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