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,...

Poet: John Hay

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...

Poet: John Hay