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"Down Yonder" Luke Barker says... Hoopole Ridge

Down Yonder - Luke Barker says...      These har hills don't bother me much sez Tick Binns, but they do bother Martha some when she's got t' carry a sack o' flour three miles over Hoopole ridge.
     Trains, time an' tide waits fer no one, sez I t' Sleepy Stevins yest'day.



Translation for city slickers (non-hill people):

     The hills don't bother me much, said Tick Binns, but they do bother Martha when she's has to carry a sack of flour three miles over Hoopole ridge.
     Trains, time and tide waits for no one, I said to Sleepy Stevins yesterday.





December 13th, 1932


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