Episode -21-The story of Namoni Wise. Was Bob Dylan and Doc Watson correct in telling the story?
Episode -21-The story of Namoni Wise. Was Bob Dylan and Doc Watson correct in telling the story?
A shade of blue that starts with a sound clip by Doc Watson. A recorded Ballad of the story of Namoni Wise. Down loaded from Smithsonian Folkways. The nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. Naomi Wise was said to be an extraordinarily beautiful, young teen age orphan indentured as servant to a farming family in North Carolina.
She was found strangled and drowned in the Deep River. Pregnant with child. Who killed Namoni Wise? The young North Carolina lady written about in novels and sung about in ballads by Doc Watson, Bob Dylan, Newtown, Vernon Dalhart and others. What is the truth about the young orphan and how she died. Listen to make your own decision.