Oode No. No. Words~_~ Project, 1S85-~(1) Reduced from words Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis Rewritten by ~ Place, Marion, S.C. ___________________ Date, January 7, 193e rage 5. no time den like de people be burdened wid dese days. I tell you, what you get in dese times, you got to paw for it en paw hard, but am‘ nobody else busineBs whet you do it or no.“ “Oh, de youngpeople, dey am‘ nothin dis day en time. Am‘ Worth a shuck no time. De old ones can beat dem out a hollow anywhe‘. Am‘ no chillun raise in dese days, I say. after freedom come here, I know I been hired out to white folks bout all de time en, honey, I sho been put through de crack. Lord, I bad a rough time. Didn‘ never feel no rest. Dat how—come I am‘ get all my growth, I say.“ Source: Morn Ryer &irnanuel, colored, 7~ years, Olaussens, S.C. Personal interview by Annie Ruth Davis, Marion, S.C. See ~sXYir~fr1s»~9-~