Daddy Played The Blues

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Daddy Played The Blues — page 4 — I was six years old in 1936 the day we left the farm in Mississippi Between the boll weevils the floods and the landlord there was no way a family could scratch out a living there anymore Mama cried into her handkerchief and said Okay Cassie Get in the car It’s time to go

Daddy Played The Blues — page 5 — Daddy told us There are jobs up north in Chicago So that’s where we’re going Mama Daddy my brothers James and Aaron Uncle Vernon and I all squeezed into our old car Everything we owned was squished in the trunk or tied on the roof

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