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Caption: Odetta, she feels more at home in folksong realm, A Quiet Beauty, It flows from Odetta's Kindly Warmth, You sit just for a moment talking with Odetta and the words of a very wise man come back to you., She is a tall woman of ample proportions. A smile of ineffable sweetness and quick laughter often brighten her rather round face, but her eyes continued to take you in cooly.