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401
That's it. 402
Just tired. 403
Just... 404
tired. 405
"This here is William James Joad.
Died of a stroke, old, old man." 406
"His folks buried him because
they got no money to pay for funeral... s." 407
"Nobody killed him.
Just a stroke and he died." 408
I figure best we leave
something like this on him, 409
'lest somebody digs him up
and makes out he was killed. 410
Looks like a lot of times the government's got
more interest in a dead man than a live one. 411
Not be so Ionesome,
knowing his name's there with him. 412
Notjust an old fella Ionesome underground. 413
Would you say a few words, Casy? 414
I ain't a preacher no more, you know. 415
We know, but ain't none of our folks
ever been buried without a few words. 416
I'll say 'em, make it short. 417
This here old man just... 418
lived a life and just died out of it. 419
I don't know whether he was good or bad. 420
It don't matter much. 421
Heard a fella say a poem once. 422
And he says, "All that lives is holy." 423
Well, I wouldn't pray
just for an old man that's dead, 424
cos he's all right. 425
If I was to pray, I'd pray for folks that's
alive and don't know which way to turn. 426
Grandpa here... 427
he ain't got no more trouble like that. 428
He's got his job all cut out for him,
so cover him up and let him get to it. 429
I'm going down the road feeling bad 430
I'm going down the road feeling bad 431
I'm going down the road feeling bad,
oh lordy 432
I ain't going to be treated this way 433
They fed me on corn bread and beans 434
They fed me on corn bread and beans 435
Gosh, Connie sure sings pretty, don't he? 436
Oh lordy 437
I ain't going to be treated this way 438
- That's my son-in-law.
- Sings real nice. What state you all from? 439
Oklahoma. Had us a farm there,
sharecropping. 440
We're from Arkansas. 441
Had me a store there.
Kind of a general notions store. 442
When the farms went, the stores went too. 443
I had as nice a little store as you ever saw. 444
I sure did hate to give it up. 445
Well, you can't tell. 446
I figure when we get out there
and get work, 447
maybe get us a piece of growing land
near water, it might not be so bad at that. 448
That's right. Paying good wages, I hear. 449
- We can all get work.
- Can't be no worse than home. 450
You all must have a pot of money. | 
