< Dey says I wuz jes fo' years ole when de war wuz over,
but I sho' does member dat day dem Yankee sojers come down de road. >
< Mary and Willie Durham wuz my mammy and pappy, en dey
belong ter Marse Spence Durham at Watkinsville in slav'ry times. >
< When word cum dat de Yankee sojers wuz on de way,
Marse Spence en his sons wuz 'way at de war. >
< Miss Betsey tole my pappy ter take en hide de hosses
down in de swamp. >
< My mammy help Miss Betsey sew up de silver in de
cotton bed ticks. >
< Dem Yankee sojers nebber did find our whitefolks'
hosses and deir silver. >
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Source: LULA FLANNIGAN, Ex-slave, 78 years.
A Folk History of Slavery in the United States / From Interviews with Former
Slaves
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