Sharp diary 1918 page 210. Friday 26 July 1918 - Peaks of Otter
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Friday 26th of July 1918
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In the morning we go along Jennings Creek as far as Newford[?], a small settlement, post-office etc, but we get no songs at all. It was a long 3 miles there and the return journey — uphill all the way — we found very tiring. But a rest & sleep after dinner completely restored me so after tea we went down to old Mrs Gross. She sang me several songs some of them rather interesting ones. The porch whereon we sat soon became filled with people. At one time I counted 22 people on it counting ourselves, of which 11 were small children. This made it difficult to take down the songs but I think I got them down all right. We got back in time for dinner and afterwards sat on the porch which though noisy is fairly restful. From 9 p.m. onwards the piano was going — sentimental songs sung in unison with bad p[iano]f[orte] accompaniment occasionally in harmony (3rds of course). Sentimental songs are less aggressive and noisy than rag-time, but that is about all that can be said in their favour.Location
USA : Viginia : Peaks of Otter [0,0]
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