Harriet Elizabeth "Hally" Wood (September 29, 1922 – July 22, 1989) was an American musician, singer and folk musicologist.
[1] Her father was a versatile musician, who taught Hally songs and how to play them on organ, piano and guitar.
[1] After World War II, Wood moved to New York City to work with such folk musicians as Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly and Pete Seeger.
[1][4] From the late 1950s into the early 1970s, Wood lived in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, where she helped produce concerts, among other activities.
[6]: i In 1980, Wood brought out a self-produced album in Houston, Songs to Live By (Tannehill Records label),[7] and was beginning work on another in the mid-80s when she was diagnosed with cancer.