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Bx‘slaVe Stories	Pa~~e Two








	“Dem de good. old dp~rs, 1:~it dey didn‘t last, for de war ~m over to sot de slaves free and. old m~sa ask if we‘ll stay or go. lAy folks jes‘ stays till

I‘s a growed gal t~nd gite m~r1ed and has a home of m~r own, Den my obd man

~	tell me how de Y&ikees sto1~ct him from de fields. Dey some cavalfy sojers ~ atid dey ma;kehim take care of de hossee. He‘ s ‘bout tw;ict as old as me, and

he say he was in de B~I1I Ran Batti e • ‘ s czçture in one bat t le and. run ~ and ‘sc~pe by de holp of a Southern regiment and fin‘ly come back to ~~issisa1p‘. He like de war songs like ‘Marchin‘ Through Georgia,‘ but bes‘ f all he like dis song:

till ain‘t gwint~ study war no more, I gwine lay down my burden, Down by de river side, Down by de river side.

t‘ t Gwine l~y down m~r sword and shield
Down by de riverside,
Down by de riverside.

t, t ~ ath tt gwine study war no rn ore,
~	OEwine try on my starry crown,
	~	Down by de river side,
		Down by de river sides~

M~e11, he doni lay be lmrden down and quit dis world in 1916.

	“Do I tm~ber arty hant stories? Well, wetd sit round de fire in de wintertime and. tell ghost stories till us chilien ‘fraid to go to bed at night, Iffen I can •lect, I~11 tell you one. Dis story am about a old, ‘h~inted. house, a big, old house with two front rooms down arid two front rooms U~:ifld,a~j1 runnin‘ fr~ bacit to front. In back ~ de 11,1 house where Alex,

I bo7 what kept he hOSe, •t~.

	~‘Dis big house facs de river. Old Massa go to war and never come