Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 340
twhen he paddled on one side the clumsy boat triedto turn its head up stream on the other side, andso, after a while, he dropped the oar in the bottomof the boat. The Septembersun was sultry that morning, but, obeying some impulse of the current, the boatdrifted down the river in the shade of the… … THE FIELD-HANDS WERE SINGING AS THEV PICKED THE OPENING COTTON. to some far-offfiner and more the opening cotton. The song was strangelymelodious, though the words were ridiculous. My dog s a possum dog, Here, Rattler/ here!He cross de creek upon a log, Here, Rattler! here. He run de possum up a…
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