(2 of 2)
Billings and Baptists. In spite of Cousin Emmy's lack of schooling, she is an astute businesswoman who knows how to demand and get the top billing which her rustic showmanship deserves. Says she: "I know and can prove that I outdraw Pappy Cheshire [a rival hillbilly] or anybody else. So you just go ahead and put me on top of that there pile, where I belong." Murmured one radio engineer while Emmy and her "kinfolks" rattled the control-room windows: "She sure knows how to keep that program hopped up." A teetotaling, nonsmoking, unprofane Baptist, who forsakes parties and has remained unmarried because "I ain't got time to do no courtin'," Emmy gives the church 10% of her income and attends services regularly. She has made up about 60 songs, including several hymns. The most popular goes, in part: Oh Lord, please hear this message.
It's about my mother dear.
For she has gone and left me, And I hope she has no fear.
Oh Lord, dear Lord, please take her And keep her safe for me.
She'll have no sorrows in heaven, And that's where I pray to be.