Frank Warner | |
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Birth name | Francis Moreland Warner |
Born | Selma, Alabama, United States | April 5, 1903
Died | February 27, 1978 Long Island, New York, United States | (aged 74)
Genres | Traditional folk music |
Occupation(s) | Folklorist, song collector, singer |
Instrument(s) | Banjo, ukulele, guitar |
Years active | 1924-1975 |
Labels | Disc, Elektra, Heirloom, Prestige Int., Minstrel |
Francis Moreland Warner (April 5, 1903 – February 27, 1978) was an American folk song collector, singer, musician, and YMCA executive. He and his wife Anne Warner (born Elizabeth Anne Locher, October 18, 1905 – April 26, 1991) collected and preserved many previously unpublished traditional song versions from the eastern United States, including "Tom Dooley", "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", "The Days of Forty-Nine", and "Gilgarrah Mountain", a New Hampshire version of the song more widely known as "Whiskey in the Jar".