She tole him dey wuz ho'ses in de paster an' dat de Yankee camp wuz over near Laurinburg or somewhare like dat. |
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De hog killing mean we gits lots of spare-ribs and chitlings, and somebody always git sick eating too much of dat fresh pork. |
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Dey weigh like Sam Hill, an' sixty bushel at dat allowance ain't goin' to last t'ree weeks here. |
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I bought you, an' paid my money fer you, an' I ain't a gwine ter let you SASE me in dat way. |
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Dem Yankees tuck eber thing dat dey saw eben to our Kush, what we had cooked fer our supper. |
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Any woman what'd leave a po' li'l mite lak dat to perish to death ain't fitten t' be no dotter o' mine. |
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Well, I hope to de Lawd you'll fin' dat rascal an' larrup him ontwell he cain't stan' straight. |
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He speak to his fader, and he curse and swear awful, and stand wid de rifle close by and tell dat son ob his to larrup Jake. |
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Boy, tell your mamma I sorry I ain' had no egg to send her 'cept just dat one nest egg. |
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Miz Tanberry, suh, dat who sended me, an' in a venomous hurry she done de same! |
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Dey found Henry real soon en tell him iffen he don't come on back to de field dat Mr. Harvey gwine to set de hounds on him. |
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I vish somebody would call me names all de day long, because I forget sometime dat I am de nashty vurm of de creation. |
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She say dat South Callina does de most Ob de fightin' 'n' de bes' Ob it, too! |
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Late dat nite one Ob de boys wuz goin' down to de spring fo' to get a drink Ob water when he notice somethin' movin' in de bushes. |
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I see the lines of sorrow had plowed on dat old face and I 'membered he'd been a captain on hoss back in dat war. |
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I heered atterwards dat Mars Sam bucked an' rared just 'fore he died an' tried to get outen de bed, an' dat he cussed to de last. |
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On top o' all dat de whole country was over-run an' plumb took over by white trash. |
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Dey tole me I had no marster dat dey had fighted four years to free us an' dat marster would not whup me no more. |
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She dye wid copperas and walnut and wild indigo and things like dat and make pretty cloth. |
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Golly, we nebbah hab to put up with dat nasty salt pork no more now, yup, yup! |
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No, pardie, she not have any knowledge 'till dat me make her de Intelligence. |
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Why dat man want to be resto'd back like he was when he was jest 21 years old. |
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He got a whupping, but he was shocked dat mother didn't kill him like she said she was. |
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He was the overlooker and went off to de Yankees, when dey come for foraging through dat country de first time. |
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It spread so FAS' dat 'fore us could bat de eye, she was in a mountain of fiah. |
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And dat will say, keep you to yourself, and run not after no mans, nor no womans neider. |
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We reat, Mr. breacher, dat Taniel vos cast into de ten of lions, and came out alife. |
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I knowed when dey started dat Wealaka school across de river from de Broken Arrow town. |
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Marster Aaron Harshaw d'ed en we wuz willed ter his chilluns en dat we wuz not ter be whup'd er 'bused in anyway. |
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I heard bout de fight de nex morn in kase Chapel Hill hit warn't fer frum whar I libed at dat time. |
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Us writ to one another all dat year and got married at Christmastime, one year from de time us fust met. |
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Miss hatchel, she shake me by de shoulders once or twice, but never didn' whip me in all my life dat I knows of. |
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Yessar, sum one mus' 'a' sperited dat file inter de jail, an' ob cou'se no ossifer would 'a dun it. |
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I does 'member dat chillun had to live wid bags of assfiddy 'round deir necks to keep off ailments. |
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I tole him we knew who gave him dat diamond an' I was on my way to git an officer to 'rest him as a 'complice. |
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Dey tell me dat w'en slaves wus shipped to New Orleans dey had to be dress-up in nice clothes. |
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He could'nt hardly contrive to doddle home, and when he did he looked so tedious bad dat his wife sent for de doctor dirackly. |
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An twas one er dem same black, biggity Langshans dat ole man Gullys hant come back inter. |
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Miss Philly, you got a smooch on dat waist, and your skirt is hiked up behind. |
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I've hocked ev'ryt'ing dat would bring in a dollar, an' dis is de las' t'ing I've got. |
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Yes, mam, de spider got three legs dat it sets on en de griddle, dat what I makes dese little thin kind of hoecake on. |
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Dere some old men dat too old to work so dey sot in de sun all day and holp with de light work. |
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It been so hot, I hate to hotfoot it nine miles to Winnsboro and huff dat same distance back on a hot summer day. |
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If slavery had never been done 'way wid, dat would be my master today, 'cause him lak hound dogs and I lak a hound dog. |
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Marster Jim tell me one time, dat de first dog sprung from a wolf, and dat fust dog was a hound dog. |
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So massa say to dat Delbridge, 'Dere am no words can 'splain what yous done. |
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After surrender, missy reads de paper and tells dat we'uns is free, but dat we'uns kin stay 'til we is 'justed to de change. |
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Mother kept 'quiring 'bout 'em as long as she lived and I have hoped dat I could hear from 'em. |
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Which one uf de varmints was it, bushie, dat gobbled you up frum de corn-fiel' fence, back yander? |
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Fin'ly I gits de job workin' at de cotton oil mill in Corsicana and stays at dat job till dey says I's too old. |
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Las' de creeturs tuck'n helt er confab, en dey 'gree dat dey hatter set some un fer ter watch en ketch Wattle Weasel. |
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I leavish every ting to you, Isaac, on von condition, dat you send my pody to be bury in curacao. |
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He never failed to blow dat bugle at break of day 'cep on Sundays, and evvybody on dat place 'pended on him to wake 'em up. |
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Weell you for myself de condescension to have dat you weell be one friend to one affaire d'honneur? |
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You is prayen for me, I no, bekose dat pane I had in my bak and my nee, is done gone. |
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Dat wind dat blew trouble down de chimbley for Mis' 'Riah when she was bawn 'gun to blow harder. |
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I betcha I got more den dat big square down dere to de courthouse full of em. |
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Dey so bizzy wid der confab, dat dey ain notice Mistr Wile Cat settin up on er lim er de tree. |
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She not like dat and make a bobbery, but I lift up my cloak and show my black face and white teeth, and den she tink me de debil. |
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He said it war, dat he had lost his luv for me and put it on Kate Sawyer. |
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He s'lect out anybody dat suit Him, en put another one in his place, and make de fust one happy forever en leave t' other one to burn wid Satan. |
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Ev'ry bloke dat wuz hungry would have a feed bag an w'enever he wanted it. |
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He told me to tell yer he's got his collars and cuffs in dat grip for a scoot clean out to 'Frisco. |
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Judge Hillyer had one son, William, dat wouldn't go to college. |
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Mo'Nin', noon an' night dat woman is pesterin' me fo' money. |
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He laugh, and say dat he believe my story, and dat he gib me a trial. |
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I don't wonnah dat Sodum and Gomorrah was guv up to fire and brimstone. |
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An' anyway, Sam done took dat critter down de road fo' to be shoed. |
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Dey even took de trunk full o' 'federate money dat was hid in de swamp. |
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She told me she got to go to dat new dyer's up in forty-eighth Street. |
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All I said was dat da 'gink' was for him pulling the bookies. |
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She left me wid her marster dat owned her mother, kissy Sims. |
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Er big ole Langshan rooster, jes like dat varmint out yondr. |
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You wants to keep 'way fum de water as much as you kin, en don't run no resk, 'kase it's down in de bills dat you's gwyne to git hung. |
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Well, my man could MEK him laugh, an' dat was enough fu' him. |
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I'se on borrowed time, I knows dat, but dat ain't worryin' me none. |
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They had one child dat I was de nurse for and her name was Luray. |
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I used to wash dat many a time for her long 'fore she was outen her bed. |
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Say, Missus, didn't de Sheriff say dat was a perfec' likeness? |
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She sez dat she'll have ter have a talk wid me an' let him know. |
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Dat 'pends on you a lot, den it 'pends on dem dat you stays wid. |
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Dey are watching all de time for de Man or womans dat do wicked. |
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So, you sees, my youngish friends, dat oders suffer like yourselfs. |
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I ain't read the scripters in relations to dat young lady faw nuthin! |
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I tuk off my hat an' tole him dat I wud be much obleged to him for it. |
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We'd hep 'em git away and just swear dat dey hadn't been home a-tall. |
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When you have done dat you will not be ashamed of Dem in your old age. |
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No matter what ails you, I is de Man dat can cure you in no time. |
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She teck dat li'le chile, an' raise it, Sem lack she raisin' Ninette. |
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An' de train rocks so, laik a cradle, dat I done most upsot ebery time. |
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I done heah, Massa Tom, dat yo' all's gwine off on a long trip once mo'.Does yo' mean dat yo' all ain't gwine to take me, Massa Tom? |
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So I retch me a fine bunch of hick'ries I done prepared for dat 'casion. |
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Dad fetch it, how is I gwyne to dream all dat in ten minutes? |
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I do want to walk a little-ways wi' Sissy, now she's going to marry our gentleman-cousin, and wear fine clozeIs dat the gentleman-kinsman who'll make Sissy a lady? |
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I was goin' teh lick dat Riley kid and dey all pitched on me. |
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You'll tell him you's sole me to pay yo' gamblin' debts en dat you lied to me en was a villain, en dat I 'quires you to git dat money en buy me back ag'in. |
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When I seed dat man I 'uz dat sk'yerd dat I could sca'cely wobble home. |
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Bout ten days ago I 'uz sayin' to myself dat I couldn't las' many mo' weeks I 'uz so wore out wid de awful work en de lashin's, en so downhearted en misable. |
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I and Missis, we come pretty near quarrelling about dat ar crust. |
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Laws bless you, honey, when I's slav' aroun', en dey 'buses me, if I knows you's a-sayin' dat, 'way off yonder somers, it'll heal up all de sore places, en I kin stan' 'em. |
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Ye'll all stick together, and never get clar, if ye do dat fashion. |
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I got dis can fer dat ol' woman an' it 'ud be dirt teh swipe it. |
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Dat rooster aint no chicken, I tell yer, tain nuthin in dis worl but er hant. |
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Dat whuppin' cause plenty trouble and dere lots of Arg'ments 'mong de white folks 'round dere. |
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Dat is where mon onc' 'Lias he bring in de King's ship and de privator. |
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Dat man trawmp on him in de dark, and he strack him wid his hawny tail! |
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