Cecil Sharp Diary 1918

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Document date

Thursday 19th of September 1918

Transcription Notes

Taking our lunch with us we made for Mine Fork, getting off by 8.45. We struck the creek about 2_ miles off and first called on Mrs Anna Bailey from whom we noted 2 rather nice songs. After calling upon several people including a Mrs Deeton & Mrs Edwards found Mrs Clancy Deeton, Mrs Jones’ aunt. She sang us 4 or 5 songs and then her husband Ned Deeton came home to dinner and we left. Finding a comfortable log to sit upon we eat up our lunch and then called upon Widow Edwards from whom we got nothing but religious snivel and some "good" — really atrocious — songs. Returning to Mrs Deeton we found a different atmosphere and apart from one song, very reluctantly sung, she refused to sing any more saying she didn’t know any — a manifest excuse. Something had happened to arouse suspicion, but what it was I do not know. Then we called on another Mrs Deeton, another Mrs Amobel[?] Edwards and taking a "nigh way" up a very steep hill we re-called on Mrs Anna Bailey who gave us another one. Then we trudged home getting to the hotel at 6.30 after a very hard 10-hour day and a rather disappointing one as we had expected much from Mrs Clancy Deeton. Found letters from Evy, Mark Cross, Sonneck etc awaiting us.

Location

USA : North Carolina : Burnsville [35.9173357,-82.300961]

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