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Hie wifea nair~ was~ Mrs. !ltzabeth andhiedaughters name was Miss InOz. They say thats where the saying ~He won‘t last longer than John Moore

dt d w1~ n he went to war“ sprang up but I don‘ t know about that part of it for sure.

Grandu* Becky said when the Yankees oan~ to Mrs. bores hou~e

and to Judge Rieds place they demanded money but they told t1~m they didn‘t have none. ~ They stole and wasted all the food O1otheB~ beds.

Just tore up w1~t they~ did& t oarry With them and burned it in a pile.

They took two legs o f the ohiokens and tore tImm ~ apart and threw them doi~vn on the ground, leaving pile.8 of them to waste.

Bong her Mother and Grandmotther sange:

Old Cow died in the fork of the branoh ~

Baby, Ba, Ba.

Dock held the light, K~mbo skinned it.

Ba~ Ba, Ba.

Old cow lived no more on the ranch and frank,d,no more from

branch, Kinba a pair of shoes, he sewed from the old cows hide

he had tanned.

Baby, Ba, Ba.

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