FOLKLORE SUBJECTS #665 Name of interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Humorous Story Story--Information (If not enough space on this page, add page)

“I heard a story ’bout a old colored man named Tony. It was in slave times and he was prayin’ to the Lord to take him out of bondage. He was prayin’, ‘Oh Lord, come and take poor old Tony away.’ Just then somebody started knockin’ and Tony says, ‘Who’d dat?’ ‘It’s the Lord, I come to take you away.’ Then Tony said, ‘No! No! Don’t take me away. I ain’t ready to go.’”

This information given by: Clark Hill (C)
Place of residence: 818 E. Fifteenth Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Occupation: None
Age: 84

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