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Essay titled "Alabama Folklore."

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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

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Essay on Alabama folklore written for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late 1930s. • • -1- J •.Awnrd .10. Pot~or8on ~nr.on1. DaTU uoU, Ed! torial llepnrtm1'11' 1'1'0 J0010. ll10 10•• W2A Pro Jeot DOl•• UObl1e. Ala. Die wo1'1 18 beeg an "01'1'7 w14•• 01. age lIhould a11l1130 have a lJl14•• Jlow wat I doT JlT trembl1n feet 1iaIt Ill. fall 401lJl w1 tout Babette• • • • • • "Ood'e will be 4one~ •. 4e good pd,.' .q . .An toll Ill. on rq knee for praTo :jIut prll3er lllk dat I Oell' 10 repeat- . I .... to mob Dat ohile Babett.. . All 81.: eo 011. eoon I eP for el.p An l.av. no one baUn' for ",op But then- I walk 4e sollien .trut• U4 haPP1. .mUn!. plU'. Bahth• • , • • • , • • I IIl1n h.r whlll I f!P to bed-l~ o more oon pat 4at curly heod­flhm morn1n 00.. no one to greet Papa-none like /lat ohil' Babotte• • • • •••••••••••• • • HILL BILLY LORS • • Th. lIOuntain folk Of Alabama are raolal brothe~ o.:t thoa. of • • • T.nn...... Oarolina. GIOrgia. V1l'g1n1a 1114 Kmtuoq. The naUvoo of the Applaoh1an. an4 the Blu. R14g••10. :tl'olll tbe .11II. eouro•• In thlll.l' oft to14 1001 •• 8114 1101'. :tr.qull1t .ong. 11I&7 b. follD1 a .Wlarit7 nO\ 4ue to aoo14en t. So. 10000 wlth thlll.r ca.toll. and thelr habit•• ~h. oblU'lll 11884 by 1I14t11v.. an4 othere for ewpplng blo04...
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1937 Circa
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Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130