~x.i1aye Stories	Psige Stx
(Texas)




( Choru,s)
‘Th.tsh, hush, boys
Doi‘t ~a1ve a noise,
~	faat a~s1eepin‘.
Ibis to de barnyard.
Wake up de boys
Let ‚ s have banj o p ickin‘

‘~ariy in de aornlnt
Don‘t you hear de roosters crowin‘? Coco‘.~sdood1e~..do •

	~	“I con~e in contac‘ with de Kitt Klux. Us lef‘ de plantation in ‘.5 or ‘66 ~nd by ‘68 us was hav1n~ sich a awfui time wtth de Klu Ziux. First time dey coi~ie to zay mamma‘s house at midnight and claim dey sojers done come back fron de dead. Dey all dress up in sheets and make u~ like spirit. Dey groan ‘round and say dey been kilt wrongly and come back for justice. One man, he look jus‘ like ordinary m~ ‚ but he spring up

‘bou.t eighteen feet high aU of a suddent. Another say he so thirsty he ain‘t hive no water since he been kilt at U~nassas J~flCt1Ofl. He ask for water and be jes‘ kept pøurin‘ it in. Us think he sho‘ aust be a spirit to driuk dat muth water. Course he not drinkint it, he pcYurin‘ it in a bag under he sheet. My ~a~a never did. take up no tru~ck with spirits so she kaowed. it jes‘ a man. Dey tell us what dey gwine do iffen we don‘t all go back to us massas ~nd us all tgrees and den dey all dis‘pear.

	“D•n us isove to New Prospect on de Pacolet Rivsr,on de Perry Cli~i~ons ‚ place. D~t in de upper edge of de county and dat where de second

swarm of de Klu Klux coi~e out. Dey claim dey gwlne kill everybody what am epu‘ can . My dad&y charge wi th b, ‘ a leader ‘moigat de n igge . He make speech and ~ striiet de n~ggers how t o vote for Grant ‚ s first ‚ lect ion.

D. Klu Klux want to whip him and he have to sleep in a holler log every night.