Covington Hall, Songs of Love and Rebellion — 'Taint no use (1915)
“ Never yit could understan' why folkes kills theyselves ter live; The sense o' handin' down ter children what all knows its death ter give; The foolishness o' 'stroying every neighbor's field an' home an' hearth By turnin' man-hogs loose ter waller in the gardens o' the earth. ”
