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	“Wien I wu.z in Manehester I promus de Lawd I wou].dint
	dance. But one nite I wuz on de ball floor, danein‘ f~ij one
	end ob de room ter de urthur en sump‘in seZs go ter de dote;
	I didn‘t go right den en ‘gin b1t~ sezs you ez not keepin‘ yo
	promus. I went tei~ de doter en you could pick a pin off de

groun‘ bit WUZ so light. In de ~ky wuz de prettiest thing you

ebber seted, so many culors, blue, white, green~ red en yellow.“	S n Since rx~eedum t se wuked wid diff‘ exit peeple ‚ cookint en

	keepin‘ house. I‘se de man~ ob three obilluns. Two ob dem ez

.	tway fuin tyer, en I live ‘yer wjd mali daughter.“

S	“~11 songs, I member ez: ~ . .5
	S ~ •	~ D	. w~z d e Ni t e.
	. S	~ S ~   	~ ‚ ~ Live wid Gawd ii‘örever ‚ Bye en Bye . ~
		. ~ ~	Fuiri dis Earth I go ‚ Oh Lawd ‚ • W‘ at Will tkum ob Me .„

-	55 ~ yer wanit me ter tell yo~ de tru!? ~ I think de young

S peep•leez notlith‘. Dey think dey ez sxnaht. Most ob deex-‘slaves ~	S
S	~ ~ ~ se knowed has c5ooked en n~aed ‚ done laundry wu1k; wuked in	-
	:.	fieltsen diff‘ent things.“- .	. ~ 5. 5 5	. -5 - 5 :

: ~ ~ “Itse~neber voted en hab neber paid a~y ttention ter de

	niggers gittin‘ ter vote. Don‘t bß~bany frens in political

.~ office. Can‘t member ar~ tales er signs.“	S

~	“.1 d~~tt b‘ leeve in dese mixed whjte a~d black families en bit shouJilfltt be ‘lowed“

	“Dunn‘ s lavery d e . white folks didni t want de niggaha ter sing en pray, but dey would turn a pot down en meet atde pot

	in de nite en sing en pray en de white folks wou]dn‘t ‘yer dem.“ S “Ef a slave d‘ed de white folks wouldn‘t let no body set

up widd~body toept de niggers ob dat plantation, but urthur

: ~ . -slaves WOUld slip in atter dark, -set up en den slip back ter

~	de~e piantation tfore day.“