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Otto was born in N.C. However, according to his 'Otto-biography', he caught a freight train and rode it into the WVa coal fields to stay with his uncle.. He said he was about 7 old at the time. you can look up the info on him. I first heard this on my aunt Mabel's victrola . she ['04] lived York County Pa [just across the Yellow Britches Creek from Cumberland Co].l found this record along w/ the WRECK 97.

back in 1990s when there was virtually no work at all, I could pick up a few dollars playing for senior citizens tour groups around first week august. almost all were from PA. they would have gotten on a bus in PA maybe 4am-5am, ridden few hundred miles, driven in the bus through the mountains to see hundred thousand acres of fall foliage. would return in late afternoon to a motel room at the huge Snowshoe Ski Resort. they would be served supper and because of the size, they would not finish up until about 7:30-8pm? and then I was to try to present them some banjo playing w/ singing and filling in with whatever stories or history which fit that evening.

because these groups were from the North, I had to change my dialect or they wouldn't have clue what I was saying. I ran into that while a student at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. we were most all middle aged men and locked into our dialect. I had to change. same with the senior citizen bus tours.

however, over the years, I had one group from North Carolina. I was going to sing this song and remembered N.C. was were Otto was from. I said "Here's a song about a man from your area." and I pronounced it like I had to do for folks from PA. one syllable "Otto" Wood.. they had never heard of him. I knew better because some of these seniors were children when he was killed in 1930. so I said "Otto Wood" w/ a northern proper prouncement. these folks were saying it back and forth to each other...... and then finally someone piped up

"OH!! you mean OUGHT' TOWWWwww WOOD!!!" yep.

at the end, a woman came up
"Do you know if Ought tow Wood was killed in Salisbury North Carolina?"
"Yes, Maam, He was"
"You know when I was just a little girl I was really afraid that Ought tow Wood would come and get me. I remember the night my daddy came in and told me that the po-leese had cornered Ought tow Wood and killed him. .. And you know my life got better after that."

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from All Old Songs, released November 13, 2016

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Dwight Diller and David Nemec West Virginia

Traditional Mountain Music from
the Yew Pine Mountain range of Pocahontas County containing Cheat, Elk, Black, Cranberry, Kennison, Viney, Caesar and Droop Mountains. Virtually every musician in these recordings are West Virginians. ... more

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