Which way to Pittsburgh paw?
See that big black cloud up yonder in the north?
Yep.
Well that's Pittsburgh.
How soon will we get there paw?
About 6 hours if the horses don't choke to death.
What are we going to do when we get there paw?
Fist thing is you're gonna get a job sorten coal and I'm gonna get me a job in the steel mill stoken furnaces.
Yer maws gonna get a job doing warshen an sewen and little sisters gonna hep.
What about school paw?
We ain't got no time fer no schoolen we gotta work and work hard 15 16 hours a day sun up till after sun down.
Six full days a week and half days Sunday.
Paw I miss Mississippi already.
I do too son but we gotta make a liven.
Lord only knows share croppen ain't getten it an ole man Jenkins done went up and kicked us outta the shack we was a liven in so we hadda do sompen thanks to that hot spell last year.
What about catfishen?
There wont be no catfish were we a goin, least none you gonna wanna eat any how.
Worth