 Mary_Winslow_Smyth  Na for Bangor, Maine dey bon Mary Winslow Smyth on March 26, 1873. Smyth gra-pa na professor for Bowdoin Kolej.Smyth mama kom from old-line  Bangor  an dorin dry sisin r sry stry Islesford, Maine. Smyth finish from Smith Kolej in 1895. Na for 1897, Smyth kolet e Masta satifiket. Smyth get e Ph.D satifiket in Inglish from Yale Yunivasiti in 1905. E stil wok as Hassosiate professor at Elmira Kolej from 1922 to 1924. E fest dey kolet an kip tradishonal song on e own bifor e kom join bodi wit Fannie Hardy Eckstorm. Fannie Hardy Eckstorm na pesin wey de stock an rekod how dem dey du tins for lokal way too. Smyth join bodi wit Fannie Eckstorm to rait an rilis di 1927 buk  Minstrelsy of Maine: Folk-Songs and Ballads of the woods and the Coast. Smyth dey gada tradishonal song from pipul wey dey stey for wata-side. Half of di tins dem wey de inside di buk kom from di wata-side pipul-dem E patna faze pipul wey dey cut wood an pipul wey no de wata-side 