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Accession no.
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WPA L. C. PROJECT ivriter S4 UNIT
Form -3
409922
Date received
10/10/40
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Folklore Collection (or Type)
Title. Verbati:m conversation) EBegin3:
Yes Jesus: 1 am firing to go...
Place of origin.iiha.rleston.,....S......C.A_ Date.2129/38
Project worker....C.a.sselsI
.__ii.... Ladman.
Project editor
Remarks
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Cassels R. Tiedeman
Char1eston, 3. C.
(Verbatim Conversation)
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"Yes Jesusi I am fixing to go to a grand place When I babe
dis world. De harder ma cross to bear down here de better I go
be prepare to tek me place in dat Happy Land Where all is
tjoicing, an' when I git dere, I want de Lord to say, tOphelia,
you wuk is done to me own satisfaction, come ant rest wid do
elect ob de Lordt. Dat is de day my Sabior (Saviour) is gwine
declare me as white as any lamb ob God ant when I ttink el) my-
self all white ant in dam trailing robe, dis little while we
stay down here in sin aint nattint. It only mek me wrestle mot
better wid de dabble. Met old fellow sho (sure) is a tempter.
Sometime I sweat meself so you'd ttink I been baptise wid watuh,
ant I jes fighting dat tempter in de sperrit, tcauee I aint go
do what, te put in me heart. Mat picture I see ob Hebben aint
go be wipe out no time.
"God aint fool nobody yet, ant of you let you foot ride de
path you go meet de gate. De dabble, te go 'company you ebery
step, but on de odder side ob dat gate de struggle ob life is
obber. You, lay em in J08118 busmm, ant die old wicked world
you babe behind is roll on to dis-struction. Do dabble most
lak lose you at de gate, but den dare is plenty no wuk for en.
Lint no tting ebber discourage dat bad sperrit. '11 laugh ant
te dance de dabble dance any time, ant te say de path aint wide,
tnough for all den foot, an den ones is him meat, ant te dho do
rotten den.
"Warn't dat Satan in de Gyarden ob Mum, right dere in God's
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Charleston, S. C.
own gyarden. He tell de woman Eve to et de apple, ant done
brung sin into dis world, ant right dere is when hell fust
stat (start) to bun (burn).
"God dat mad te drive den all two out an Satan 'long wid
den, after te done mek sech a beautiful place for den to
lib in."
Source: Ophelia Jellison, Addison Ct, Charleston, S. C.
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