Clark - Out of the Dust 15-35

Billie Jo played so well at the Palace Theater, Arley asked her to perform at the birthday ball to honor President Roosevelt.

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Because the family crops had been good for the past few years, Billie Jo's mother made a generous donation when the committee came asking.

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Mr. Hardy was a pleasant, honest, and generous man.

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Billie Jo thought about the secondhand sheets of music she could have bought with the four cents in change Ma made her return to Mr. Hardy.

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Billie Jo's family had to set the table with plates and glasses turned upside down and cover the silverware with a napkin to keep them from being covered in dust.

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It frightened Billie Jo to think what it would be like without a place to live and something to eat.

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Daddy had bought the piano for Ma as a wedding gift.

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Daddy didn't seem to like Ma's piano playing.

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Ma gladly gave Billie Jo permission to leave school to rehearse for Sunny of Sunnyside.

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While mud from Daddy's mouth and nose, Billie Jo and her parents sat at the kitchen table and cried.

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