Foreword
Hearts turned back to Dixie
Unto the mountain of Nebo
Preview
An exile from Erin?
The profit of the earth is for all?
The story of cotton
You-all come!
The bottomless pit of misery?
That heap o' livin'
Poor little house?
Pussy wants a corner
My baby, sure enough
Outa heart
Poke and sassafras
Emma Lee
I see those big eyes peeping
Fleshpots of Egypt
All will be well
You forgot the grease
The Ozark mountain boys
Wild geese
Seen better days
I never mind the weather when the wind don't blow
Farming in dixieland
Lidy's baby?
Oh, sailor, come ashore
Split-board sunbonnets
Doodle-bug
The square dance
Grandmother's visit
Indian summer
Memories
Old hames
Arkansas blues
The flower garden
The land of can happen
All-day singin'
Stringtown
Malaria
The cropper speaks
A jungle in the temperate zone
The bargers and cranes
Cypress and yew
Philosophy
Rain at night
Harley's wife dies
Pink lemonade
The lady moon
Day after day
No sloven can make good butter
The storm cellar
Beautiful mountains
Clouds of glory
Bill Stafford
Frankincense and myrrh
New year's letter to a mother
The missionary meeting
Auld acquaintance
The waters of life
The holy rollers
The slough of despond
Cotton town
Last letters to a mother
October's bright blue weather.