The Knoxville Girl

Title

The Knoxville Girl

Digital Object

Performer

Kirkheart, Sgt. Alexander

Date Recorded

1938-03-29

AFS Number

1698B

AFC Collection

AFC 1938/004

AFC Catalog Record

Editor Note

Sgt. Kirkheart announces that he learned the ballad from his father "back in the mountains of West Virginia" around 1916.

Genre

ballad

Instrumentation

vocal
guitar

State

Kentucky

County

Campbell

Town

Fort Thomas

Citation

“The Knoxville Girl,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 19, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/133.