A song written for the Alleghany County, North Carolina Centennial in 1959. It features the beard-growing contest and other fundraising efforts. It was written and performed by Ernest Joines and his wife Agnes, long-time Mayor Pro Tem of Sparta, Alleghany’s county seat. Lead singer Bobby Carpenter and Harmonica player, G.C. Crouse round out the decidedly “Hillbilly-Style” band.