Sharp diary 1917 page 256. Wednesday 5 September 1917 - Beattyville, Kentucky
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Wednesday 5th of September 1917
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Breakfast at 6.30 then start off for St Helens which is the next station on the line. A nice shady walk by the river (Kentucky river) for the first two thirds of the way. Get a couple of songs from a Mrs Bagley, a young woman just married, who tells us to go & see Mrs Carter, her aunt, and Mrs Couch her mother. Arrive at St Helens and after many enquiries find that N. Couch living a good 2 miles away. Get a boy, Mr Kincaid, to pilot us thither through the woods — a complex trail — and then we find our victim in bed — happily with a bad leg only, so able to sing. She has lately married a 2nd time to a Mr Dunagan, a very nice man. She turns out to be one excellent singer and I take down 6 rattling good songs including a really fine & full version of The 2 Brothers. We stay 2 hours or more, promise to return on the morrow & walk home again, reaching the hotel at 5 p.m. thoroughly done up — a good 12 miles walk in great heat.Location
USA : Kentucky : Beattyville [37.5717532,-83.7068597]
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