en wuz not oie er‘nuff ter member de sta‘rs fallin‘. Songs we use‘ ter sing wuz, “On Jordan‘s Bank I Stand enCast a Wistful Eye en Lak Drops ob Sweat, Lak Blood Run ~ I Shed mah Tears.“

	I trynot ter think ‘bout de oie times. Hit‘s bin so long ago so I don‘ member any tales now.

	I‘se had a lot ob good times in ~ah day. Our white folks would let us hab “bran dances“ en we‘d hab a big time. I has nebber voted en I think dat ez a man‘s wuk. Don‘t b‘leeve in signs, I hab allus tho‘ t. whut ez gt~ine ‚t,er be will be, en de only way ter be ez de rite way.

	Eber since slavery I‘se cooked ferpeeple. I cooked fer Mr. Lea Dillon fifteen y‘ars. Wuked at de Union Depot fer/ars. Five y‘ars J~ C fer Dr. Douglas at his Infirmary en I cooked fer en raised IVIrs Grady‘s baby. Hab wuked fer diff‘ent folks ovuh town ter niek mah livin‘. I ain‘t bin able ter wuk fer eight y‘ars. Dunno how rnuchr weigh now,

~	Ihab lost so much.(she weighs now at least 250 pounds). All de ex— slaves I know hab wuked at diff‘ent jobs lak I has.