dinner fer de fiel‘ han‘s, an‘ I taken it to ‘em. I~rse George had old powder horn he blowed mornin‘s fer to gît de darkies up ‘fo day good, an‘ dey come in ‘bout sundown.

	“Je growed corn an‘ taters an‘ cotton plentiful, an‘ we

	orchids (1) an‘ penders (2). Den, sheeps an‘ hogs an‘



	“Miss Mar~urite had a piany, a ‘cordian, a ~1utena, an‘ a fiddle. She could play a fiddle good as a man. Law, I heerd many as three fiddles goi.n‘ in dat house many a time. ~n‘ I kin jes see her li‘l o).d fair han‘s now, playin‘ jes a8 tast as 1ignt-~

fin‘ a chune (3) ‘bout
‚-~ .

	I ‘~~ father he cried, my uioth€~r she cried,

I	i wasn‘ cut out fer de army.


I	o~ Capt‘in c~injc, my hoss me
~	But feed his hoss on CQtII an‘ beans

j	All s‘port de gals by any means!
	~‚	‘Cause I‘iii a Capt‘in in de army.‘

	‚ “All us chu,llun begged ter play dat an‘ we all sing an‘ dance ~ L~11t ~

	“One song I ‘riiember rfiaxiiniy singin‘:
had cows
gran‘

an‘ lak.
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(1)
(2)
(3)
orchards
peanuts
tune
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