Fly Around- George Pegram/Red Parham (NC) 1946
[Digital Appalachia recording- banjoist George Pegram of Oak Ridge, and harp player Red Parham of Leicester, NC were promoted by Lunsford.
R. Matteson 2018]
Description George Pegram (1911-1974) plays banjo and sings with Red Parham playing harmonica. The pair played annually at the Mountain Festival in Asheville. Red is from Leicester, North Carolina.
bio excerpt--George Franklin Pegram, Jr. was born August 5, 1911 and raised near Oak Ridge in Guilford County, the son of George (12/20/1881 or 1883-11/5/1955) and Phebe D. Henley Pegram (_1892-?). This farming community in North Carolina's Piedmont region was rich in stringband music.
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss- sung banjoist George Pegram of Oak Ridge, and harp player Red Parham of Leicester, NC, recorded in Swannanoa NC, 1946.
I went to town the other day,
I didn't go to stay,
Fell in love with a pretty little girl,
I liked to've stayed all day.
Fly around my pretty little miss,
Fly around my daisy,
Fly around my pretty little miss
You pret near drove me crazy.
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