After a while we took in the clothes Nobody said very much Just some old wild shirts an' a couple pairs of pants Which nobody really wanted to touch Mama came in an' picked up a book An' Papa asked her what it was Someone else asked, "What do you care?'' Papa said, "Well just because'' Then they started to take back their clothes Hang 'em on the line It was January the thirtieth An' everybody was feelin' fine. The nest day everybody got up To see if the clothes were dry The dogs were barkin', a neighbor passed Mama of course she said, "Hi'' "Have you heard the news'', he said with a grin "The vice-president's gone mad'' "Where?'', "Dowtown'', "When?'', "Last night'' "Hmm'', say, "That's too bad'' "Well, there's nothin' we can do about it'', said the neighbor "Just some we gonna have to forget'' "Yes, i guess so'', said Ma Then she asked me if the clothes were still wet. I reached up, touched my shirt An' the neighbor said, "Are those clothes yours?'' I said, "Some of 'em, not all of 'em'' He said, "You always help out around here with the chores?'' I said, "Sometime, not all the time.'' Then my neighbor he blew his nose Just as Papa yelled outside "Mama wants you t' come back in the house an' bring them clothes.'' Well i just do what i'm told So i did it of course I went back in the house an' Mam met me in there An' shut all the doors.