I tol' him I'd think hit ober an' I did an' de nex' Sunday I tol' him dat I'd have him.
He aint kissed me yet but de nex' Sunday he axes my mammy fer me. She sez dat she'll have ter have a talk wid me an' let him know.
Well all dat week she talks ter me, tellin' me how serious gittin' married is an' dat hit lasts a powerful long time.
I tells her dat I knows hit but dat I am ready ter try hit an' dat I intends ter make a go of hit, anyhow.
On Sunday night mammy tells Jim dat he can have me an' yo' orter seed dat black boy grin. He comes ter me widout a word an' he picks me up outen dat cheer an' dar in de moonlight he kisses me right 'fore my mammy who am a-cryin'.
De nex' Sunday we wus married in de Baptist church at Neuse. I had a new white dress, do times wus hard.
We lived tergether fifty-five years an' we always loved each other. He aint never whup ner cuss me an' do we had our fusses an' our troubles we trusted in de Lawd an' we got through. I loved him durin' life an' I love him now, do he's been daid now fer twelve years.
The old lady with her long white hair bowed her head and sobbed for a moment then she began again unsteadily.
We had eight chilluns, but only four of dem are livin' now. De livin' are James, Sidney, Helen an' Florence who wus named fer Florence Nightingale.
I can't be here so much longer now case I'se gittin' too old an' feeble an' I wants ter go ter Jim anyhow. The old woman wiped her eyes, 'I thinks of him all de time, but seems lak we're young agin when I smell honeysuckles er see a yaller moon.