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    Page 14 DURHAM - ITEM 8 AUDIO UP ON HER FREDA ENGLISH: "0 slowly, slowly she got up And slowly she came nigh him; She drew the curtains to one side And said, 'Young man you're dying. CUT AWAY FROM SINGER AND PAN CROWDS ON LOCA- TION, THE TO- BACCO BARNS, THE WASH HUNG ON LINES OUTSIDE OF TENANT FARMERS* BUILDINGS. GARROWAY: When folk from back country England, Ireland and the Scottish border came to America, they moved down into the valleys in between the Blue Ridge and the Smokies. Daniel Boone Was among them but game was scarce just the same. So they moved west. Couldn't carry much, but they did bring the ballads in their heads. CUT TO: GLENN DAVIS. HE IS A BANJO PICKER AND IS SINGING "JOHN HENRY". HE SINGS A COUPLE OF STANZAS UP FULL. THEN WE FADE FOR NARRATIVE, Glenn Davis is a double threat man. Plays and works - works in two places, on his two-horse farm, and in a hosiery mill in Chatham County.