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etAt night when de rn~~ting dun buabed till flex‘


day was when de darkies really did have dey freedom o‘ spirit. Ag de waggin be creeping along in de late hours o‘ moonlight and de darkiés would raise a tune. Den de air soon be filled wid the sweetest tune as us rid on home and swig all de old ~T1flflS dat us loved. It was allus some big black nigger wid a deep bas s voic e like a frog d at ud Start up de tune • Den de others mens jine in, followed up by de fine lilt voices o‘ de gals and de cracked voices o‘ de- old wimmens and de granniés. ~Vhen us reach near de big house us soften down to a deep hum dat de missus like I Sometime she ‘ t up de window and tell us sing ‚ S*ing Low Sweet 0ha‘ ot ‚ ~ for her and de vis iting guests. Dat all us want to hear. . U~ open up and de niggers ~ar de big house dat hadn‘t been to church would wake up and oome out to do eabin door and j lue in de refrain. From dat we ‚ d swing on into all de old spirituals dat us love so well and dat us knowed how to • sing. Missus often ‚ low dat her darkies could sing wid heaven‘s ‘eØ~ation (inspiration). Now and den some

old mammie would fall out‘n de waggin a shoutin‘ Glory and H81 lelujah end Amen I After dat us went off to lay down fer
de night.	- ~

	“Young Newt and Anderson was de boys what was near de age of me and John. Co‘s~ dey went to school every day it was in eess~on. Dey had dey own hosses and dey rid ‘em to school. When dey oomo home dey would throw de reins to me end John end us took ~ dem hoe ses and rub dem down and
feed ‘ein.	I ‚