Overd was born in
Langport, Somerset in 1838. Her parents were Charles and Elizabeth (née Suttiett) Weaver. She was brought up by her father's mother as her own mother died when she was young. She worked in agriculture from a child including stripping willow saplings. The wood could be used for basket work. She was a keen singer who would entertain drinkers with local songs. She came to the notice of
Cecil Sharp in 1904 who heard of her skill at folk singing. Sharp had already met local singers
Lucy White and Louie Hooper. Sharp was Principal of the
Hampstead Conservatoire of Music. Sharp's income was derived after 1905 largely from lecturing and publishing folk music. Overd's songs
Bruton Town,
Wraggle-Taggle Gipsies,
Sweet Kitty and
Geordie were included in the first volume of Sharp's and
Marson's
Folk Songs from Somerset Her songs
The Crabfish,
Briery Bush and ''New Year's Song'' were in his later volumes. Sharpand Overd met five times over the next eleven years and Overd introduced him to other folk singers she knew. After 1909 she was given an old age pension which allowed her to buy a beer each week at Langport's Railway Hotel where she would frequently sing. ==Private life==