 In 2003, Eleanor R. Long-Wilgus wrote "Naomi Wise, Creation, Re-Creation and Continuity in an American Ballad Tradition".Her book dissects folk music in general and the "Omie Wise" ballad in particular.Within the book she included a long narrative poem entitled "A true account of Nayomy Wise" written by a young girl, Mary Woody, born in 1801 in North Carolina.