Mis' Tyler

I was in no ways a po' woman. I had a nice life a waitin' fo' me. But I din't like dat ole man mama want me to marry. I like Who Flung, and so's I took what I had, which wasn' much, an I runned off down tuh flo'da. Tampa Bay.
Who Flung was good to me, a right fine young man. But he wasn' no rich man, huh-uh. He couldn' get a job down dere in Tampa. We was pract'ly livin' off da street from day one. He use't tah say, jus' wait a lil' while dere Annie, I's gon' get me a right fine job down heah. We's gon' eat like kin's and queen's Annie. But he nevah did git dat job. He jus' kep' comin' home, lateh and lateh, 'til I knowed he wasn' up tuh no good no more.
Dis man wasn' takin' care of Annie no mo', I sez tuh mysel'. So I up an lef' him, not a penny tuh mah name, not one dern penny. I was strugglin' tah git de moneh fuh a bus ride back home, but didn' nobody wanna give no moneh tuh a po' niggah woman. So's I started long dat long road dat led all de way back home.
I was walkin' an' walkin', when a man pass by. He say, "Woman, what you walkin' by yo'self fo'?" I tole dat man, "I doesn' need nobody tuh walk wit' me! I kin take keer of mysel' thank you very much!" Den de man sez tuh me, "All woman need somebody walkin' wid 'em. Git on up heah next tuh me, an' I'll take youse where ya needs tuh git." So's I climb on up next tuh him an' I sez, "Thankee much," an' I gives him directions tuh home.
I got dere after a long whiles, an' I thank him agin, an' I went back tuh my mama's house. I knock on de door an' when mama answer it, she 'bout faints dead, an' I sez, "Okay, mama, I'll marry dat ole man."