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	dey dont do ‘nuft wuk.•~

	I nebber voted en ~ nothint ‘botit hit. Hab nebber~ had any frens in office . Cain‘ meniber notb.int ‘bout ret gtructon. I hab bin sick en still don‘ feel right. Suintimes I feels krazy.

	Hab bin tole dat black cat crossin‘ road in frunt ob you wUZ bad luck,. I nebber did b‘leeve in any signs. Ef I ez ter hab b ad ittok ‚ ah‘ 11 hab hi. •

I b‘ long ter de Baptist Chuch.	-

	De etilored peeples useter hab camp meetint3, en deytd 1a~t fer two weeks • Lawd hab mercy did we hab a t:~e at dem meetin‘ s, preachin‘ ‚ singin‘ ‚ en shoutin‘ • En ovuh sum whar neah dey woti]~d be cookin‘ mutt on en diff‘ ent good tb.tng8 ter eat • Sum $b de~nwouId shout ‘tu dere throats wo~1d be sore en hit seemed

	dat su~m ob dem niggahs didnit keer ef dey got home ter wuk ei‘ not. I SUmtime8 Wj8h ferde good oie days. Deze d&ys folks d~~tt

	hab time fer ~ t Ugion. be dog-gone oie radio en udder thirigs ez : ~ ~ in‘ ~ hi ts plac . ~ ~ ~ ~

	Oh Lawdie how dey did bapti Ze d~w~ at de what f~ ~ Baptist peeple wotild gatherat de whaif o~ de fust Sur~1ay in May. »ey woti:hl kum furn all de Baptist Chuches. Wou]L~ leave de chuch singin‘ en shoutint en keep dat up ‘tu dey got ter de river. Hab seen dem wid new clothes ongit down on de groun en roi]. en git covered wid djrt. sum ob dem woijld aimost luze dere clothes, en deyld fall down lak dey wuz dying~

‚	Deze last few y‘ars dey hab got ter stillsh ter shot~t,