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“My iniasis‘ name was Misa Catherine and her husband nan~d Ab. Cari‘. RI went to school a little bit-~mighty little. I could read but I

never could write.

“And l‘in about to ~o blind in my old age.

baa. Chillun ain‘t able to help me none ‘cept give me some medicine once in a while, 3it I‘m get outdoora.

“1 don‘t know what to think ot this young

than I do now, nearly0 Back there wien I
I need help and I need it give me a little bread and thankful to the Lord I can
race. That baby there knows

was born, I didn‘t know
more~

nothin‘,
	“I know they said it was bad luck to bring a hoe or a ax in the houe . .-‚ ;.‚ on your shoulder. I heard the old folks t.ll dat--~sure did.

	“And I was told dat on old Christmas night the cows gets down on their knees and gives thanks to the Lord.

	RI ‘member one song:
	*	‚ I am clirnbin‘ J‘aoob ‚ s ladder
		~. I am olinbin‘ ~‘aoob‘ s ladder
		I am climbin‘ ~Taoob‘a ladder
		Foi‘ the work~is almost done.
	.	‘Zvery round ~ea higher a]Id higher
		.	Every round goes higher and higher
			Ivory round goes higher and higher
	.		br my work is almost done0

‘Sister, now don‘t you get worried
Sister, now don‘ t you get worried
Sister, now don‘t you get worried
For the work is almost done.‘

My mother used to sing dat when she was apinnin‘ end cardin‘ • They‘d spin and dye the thread with some kind of indigo. Oh, I ‘member dat all right.R