Tale: Dutch Minister Story

Collected by: James R. Rhodes For : Miss Mary C. Parler 19 Collected from: Mrs. T.M. Davis Fayetteville, Ark. April 30, 1962 Reel 406, Item 2 "Once in the days of long ago, there was a church got'um a new minister. He's a dutchman. In those days, they uh, had only one hymn book and,uh, the minister would read the first . line and then the audience would sing it. People would sing it. Then, he'd read the next line and they'd sing it and so on. All the songs to the same tune. So, this minister came in and he picked up the hymn book and the light was kinda poor and he couldn't see very well. So,... Mehr ...