Heard on The Judges: _for to_ VP

[Margaret Lee]

The words to one of the so-called Negro spirituals, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," are, "Swing low, sweet chariot, coming _for to_ carry me home."

 
--Margaret Lee




On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thirty-ish, black female speaker living in Youngstown, OH:
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> "I ain't riding in no hooptie with no *bungee cord* _for to_ hold up
> the bumper!"
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> > --Wilson
> –––
> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> –Mark Twain
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