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n I f ve always done farmin 1 . That f s the way I was raised—farmin 1 • I
just looks at these folks in town and it seems fanny to me to buy ever 1 thing
you needo Looks to me like they would rather raise it.
:f 0h, Lawd, don't talk about this young race* It looks to me like they
is nore heath6 f nisk. The Bible say they would be weaker and wiser but they
is just too wise for their own good. I just looks at f em and I don f t know
what to think about this young race« They is a few respects you and their-
36lves*
"I seen things here in town I didn't think I f d ever see. Seems like
the people in the country act like they recognise you more*
n I has a good remembrance. Seems like I gets to studyin 1 'bout it and
it just comes to me like ABC, I know pa used to talk and tell us things and
if I didn f t believe it, I didn f t give him no cross talk. But nowadays if
chillun don't believe what you say, they goin* try to show you a point.
*Yes ma'am, folks is livin 1 a fast life—white and colored.
"Looks like the old folks has worked long enough for the white folks
till they ought to have enough to live on. n
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