Nanny is fixin' tuh die an' tole me she had tuh git me married right quick so Ah cud git mahself a gud man tuh take gud care uh me. So Ah will. Ah am marryin' Mist' Logan Hillicks soon. Fo' Nanny gone an' dies, she wanna see me married off, really see it, wid huh own two eyes.She saw Johnny Taylor an' me kissin' undah de pear tree amongst de flowahs an' thangs, an' got it in huh head tuh do it. Ah don't want mah Nanny dyin' wid a heavy heart so Ah'mma do it, an' Ah'll fall in love wid Mist' Hillicks, juss wait. Ah will. Ah will. Nanny don't want me tuh be like mah momma, an' waste mah life cuz mah momma went off drankin' an' nevah came back. An' aftah all de sac'fices mah Nanny done went an' made, Ah cain't just gone off an' do wat eveah Ah feel lak doin'. So, Ah'll marry Mist' Hillicks an' start mah life.
Janie Mae Crawford (Soon tah be Hillicks)
Translation (In today's vernacular):
Nanny is going to die, and she told me she had to have me married quickly so I can get a goos man to take good care of me. So I will. I am marrying Mister Logan Hillicks soon. Before Nanny dies, she wants to see me marry, really see it, with her own two eyes. She saw Johnny Taylor and I kissing under the pear tree and got the idea. I don't want my Nanny dying with a heavy heart, so I will do it, and I'll fall in love with Mister Hillicks, just wait. I will. I will. Nanny doesn't want me to be like my mother and waste my life because my mother went off drinking and never came back. And after all the sacrifices Nanny has made, I just can't do whatever I feel like doing. So I'll marry Mister Hillicks and start my life.
Janie Mae Crawford (Soon to be Hillicks)
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