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Ollie Gilbert (1892–1980) was a folk musician from the Ozarks in Arkansas. She sometimes performed as "Auntie Ollie". Max Hunter recorded her singing more than 300 folk songs. She was from the Mountain View area. In 1964, she and Jimmie Driftwood were interviewed by Studs Terkel. A recording of her performing "Willow Green" is on the album Songs of the Ozarks. An archival recording of her performing Balladeer of Cole Younger was presented on 's Ozark Highlands Radio show where she was introduced as a "prodigious Ozark folk balladeer". One writeup described her voice as being like gravel.