Wayfaring Strangers

The University of North Carolina Press

Wayfaring StrangersThe Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia\nAuthor(s): Fiona Ritchie, Doug Orr, Darcy Orr, Dolly Parton\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press, United States\nImprint: The University of North Carolina Press\nISBN-13: 9781469664187, 978-1469664187\nSynopsis\n...revisit the people and places and deepen your enjoyment of the sublime BBC tv series ??Wayfaring Stranger?\n\n...in these pages revisit people and places you loved in the BBC tv series ??Wayfaring Stranger?\n\n... by the authors as featured in the acclaimed BBC tv series ??Wayfaring Stranger?\n\nThroughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. They brought with them a wealth of traditional ballads and tunes from the British Isles and Irel.