• I don’t go much on religion,
      I never ain’t had no show;
    But I ’ve got a middlin’ tight grip, sir,
      On the handful o’ things I know.
    I don’t pan out on the prophets
      And free-will and that sort of thing,—
    But I b’lieve in God and the angels,
      Ever sence one night last spring.

    I come into town with some turnips,
      And...

  • A Pike County View of Special Providence

    I DON’T go much on religion,
      I never ain’t had no show;
    But I ’ve got a middlin’ tight grip, sir,
      On the handful o’ things I know.
    I don’t pan out on the prophets
      And free-will, and that sort o’ thing,—
    But believe in God and the angels,
      Ever sence one night last spring.

    I...