| He stahted fer de woods fer ter see who it wuz callin' 'im, but befo' he got dere Ben stepped out an' retched fer im. |
| Den dey had anudder battle dar just befo' I lef', and de Yankees tuc' de place. |
| But she say sho could uphand anything brought befo' her so I asked her to work on me. |
| Befo' sunup I had to git to de Big House ter dress dem chulluns. |
| Nine was bawn befo' surrender an' two after we was set free. |
| Now I say it ain't a-goin' to be more'n two hours befo' this wrack breaks up and washes off down the river. |
