Mary Fields
...~ Mary Fields…
Was born into slavery somewhere back east
she thought it was Hickman County, Tennessee
Growing up, she had learned how to read and write
though she'd spent her childhood in captivi...
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Categories:
chawed, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Ridin' the Trail
...He looked at me with one eye closed
And chawed his tobacco
speaking low and slow
Ya see a man needs a code to live by
And to say it straight looking the person in the eye
For I have seen some...
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Categories:
chawed, hero,
Form: Ballad