Ex-elay. Stories	Page Two	~	26
(Texas)








	“Us go to work at daylight, but us wasn‘t ‘bused. Other sassas used to blow de horn or ring de bill, but nasea, he never u~ss de horn or de whip, All de nan folks was ‚ lowed raisi a garden patch iiith tobaccy or cotton for to sell in de market. Waan~t ~a4iy sassas what ‘lowed der. niggers hays patches and soas didn‘t even feed ‘in SR ough. Dat ‚ s why dey ha~m~ t o gi t ou~t and. hustle at night t o git food

for dem to eat.

	“De old massa, he ‘siste~. us go to church. De 3~ptist church have a shed. b~iilt behind de p~ilpit for cullud folks, with d.c cUrt floor a~d split log seat for de women folks, b~t nost de sen folks stands or kneels on d• floor. Dey used to call dat de coop. De white preacher back to us, bu.t iffsa he want to h. turn ‘round and talk to us ~whils.

Us n~a up songs, ‘cause us couldn‘t read or srite. I ‘ae~ber dis one

‘De rough,rocky road what Moses dome travel,
t ‚ e bound t o carry ~ e oui to de Lawd;
~	a mighty rocky road. but I nos‘ done travel,
And l‘s boun,d to carry my soul to de Lawd.‘

“Us sing I Sweet Chariot ‚ ‚ but us didn‘t sing it like dese days.

Us sing:

s Swing low, sweet chariot,
Prsely ist me into rest, i: don‘t want to stay here no loag.r;
Swing low, sweet chariot, Wh.n Gabriel sake h. ‘ slam I wants to be rollia~ ta Jesus am,, ‘Cause I cio*‘t wa*t to Stay here no longer.‘

	Us . sing ‘*othsr song what de Tanke es ta~ce dat t~ine and make a of it. Sheraan amy sung it, too. We havi it like cite:
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