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 Prepared by Annie Ruth ~av1s	Rewritten by s)
Place, Marion, S.C.	         ~ ~
.. Date, November 1, 1937	rage ~


Oh, dicin‘ it rain?

It rain 11.0 days,

Zn it rain ~4O nights,

Widout still a droppin yet,

~	En I heard de voice of de angel in de uiornin, Oh, didn‘ it rain?“

	“Well, dere am‘ been so much dat I remember dat happen when I come alox~g but what been happen in a way dis day en time. Cose dere been a difference cause de people am‘ used to live fast like dey do dese days. Dere been de shake dat come here in ‘~6 dat I am‘ never see de like sinceen am‘

~ want to~ see nothin like dat no more neither, I remember it corne here on a night en when I get in bed. dat night,~ I am‘ been expeotinnothin hadbeen de matter. Den dere soniethin been rouse me up en all de dishes ~as a rattlin • When I get up en gŕ out in de yard, de house en all de elements was a rockin. Yes,mam, I was scared. Didn‘ know what was de matter. Thought it Was de Jedgment comm when I wake up en hear all d~ people round bout dere soreamin en a hollerin, Jedgmentj Oh, Jedgmentl Say~ dem what am‘ right better get right. I bell de people dat dere won‘ no need to run to de church den cause we was ail gwine be destroyed dere together. Ohild, I give myself up den en I get just as happy as I could be.“

	“Ob, dey bad slavery time doctors to tend de people when dey wa,~ sick in dat day en time. Yes,mam, had dey plantation