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yard en gyarden. Soldiers kum en camped dere. I‘d slip ter de winder en 1issei~ ter dem.“ “W‘en dey wuz fightin‘ at Fort Negley de cannons would jar our house. De ~oldier‘s ban‘ play on Capitol Hill, en play “Rally ‘roun‘ de Flag Boys, Rai ly I r oun de Flag . „ . ~ .

“De slaves would tek dere ole iron cookin‘ pots en turn dein upside down on de grouri‘ neah dere cabins ter keep dere white folks fum hearin‘ w‘at dey wuz sayin‘. “Dey claimed dat hit ihowed dat Gawd wuz wid dein.“

	“In slavery time peeples b‘leeved in dreams. I niernbers S OflS nite I dreamed dat a big white thing wuz on de gatepost with-

a haid. ~ I tole inah mammy en she said, “Gawd wuz warn Ing us De •$4 t r igé cer‘ mony in de day s ob s la very wuz by • de man en ~ • ~ oman jumpin‘ ov~:th a broom handle tergedder.“
ttl don‘ member much ‘boud de Ku Klux Klan, but I does

~ . . ~ S member seem‘ dem parade one time in Nashville.“ (She evident— ~: ~ ~ ly refersto the Klan‘s last parade ~n 1869 in Nashvillé, immediatély preceeding the disbandment of the Klan at Foit‘t
	&egley.).	~	~ ~

“I members dat de northern soldier‘s ban‘ would play ~ . lin ion ?erever ‚ Rally t roun de Flag ‚ en Down Wid de Tra ito~‘s

en up Wid de StI‘s enStripes.~

“De songs I members ez:

I‘se a Soldier ob de Cross.

Follow de Lamb.	‚
~ ~	~	I Would n ot L ive £ll~is .
~		‘I Axs not ter Stay.
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