The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

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IN MEMORY OF LENISA STANLEY, BORN AUGUST 3, 1832, DIED JUNE 6,
1849. SHE SAID TO ALL AROUND
PREPARE TO MEET ME IN HEAVEN
SHE RAISED HERSELF WHEN HER
LIPS WAS COLD AS CLAY AND KIST
HER MOTHER AND SAID DON'T
GRIEVE IT WON'T BE LONG TILL WE MEET AGAIN.

Submitter comment: IN THE SECOND LINE OF THE THIRD SECTION THERE ARE TWO

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE