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Series I : Original Collection Materials, 1928 - 1972
Box 5 : Music Notations, Songs and Notes
Packet 1 : Music Manuscripts
Folder 117 : Music manuscripts - R

Page 08619 : My Father Built Me a Pretty Tower [music notation] [song text] Wm Ross (contributor)

Item Summary

Formats

music notation - song text

Title

My Father Built Me a Pretty Tower

Contributor

Wm Ross

Reference Code

AFC 1972/001, MS p. 08619

Scope and Content Notes

Genre

song - Child ballad

First line

My father built me a pretty tower

4 stanzas

Type Number

Child 106, The Famous Flower of Serving-men

Contextual Notes

From father, John Ross.

Related Items

Song Text

My Father Built Me a Pretty Tower [song text] Mr William Ross (contributor), Hilton Farm, Fearn, Ross Shire, Scotland, 1931

Song Text

My Father Built Me a Pretty Tower [song text] William Rose (contributor), Hilton Farm, Fearn, Ross Shire, Scotland

Cylinder Recording

My Father Built Me a Pretty Tower [cylinder recording]

Disc Recording

My Father Married Me to a Wealthy Knight [disc recording] John Ross's Son (contributor), William Ross (contributor)

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