after 25 years she became maid in the house of the composer ruth crawford seeger and charles seeger. in this musical family she remembered her own guitar playing. mike seeger recorded her and the songs were later published as "folksongs and instrumentals with guitar", which was released on folkways records. in the early 1960s during the folk revival she played shows with great names like mississippi john hurt, john lee hooker, and muddy waters at venues such as the newport folk festival and the smithsonian festival of american folklife.