"They could do a show in Nellysford, VA, where Sharp collected a number of fine songs, and I could walk down the road and hear them!"

Ah, Nellysford! Where Sharp notated one of only two songs from an African-American singer. On 22nd May 1918, the Aunt Maria Tomes sang 'Barbara Allen' to Sharp "very beautifully, in a wonderfully musical way" - we'll be performing her version in our presentation.