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chillun--put de chillun een de bed an' lef' em dere; den go back to de meetin'."

I say, "I can't go to meetin', kay I never see sich [such] ting since I born."

You see?  Coming down de line---dark night.  Twelve o'clock een er--dat mont' w'at uh comin' now [August].  We had to tuck up de hoe [and] go home.  All de horse gone, an' all de fowl gone bed.  De roostuh de crow.  I had to gone be.  W'en Gawd create dat middlenight [midnight], Gawd open em back.  See dis here Gawd--dis here Gawd w'at people don't uh pray to?  Huh!  I been tru all dem ting.  You see?  Rebel timo ---- w'at dem de gie you?  Gie you piggin fuh eat an' oystuh shell -- piggin an oystuh shell.  I done say, no!  I done tell dem young one now |it's| comin' back to rebel time.  I done tell dem.
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