Dey piled whole sticks of cord wood on it at one time, wid little sticks crossways under 'em and, let me tell you, dat was a fire what would cook anything and evvything.
Dat was de way it was done; evvybody holped de others git de corn shucked.
Ou' Jackalse was loose, dat was what he was ahter, so he went home an' sit down.
Why, if dat was me, I'd eat all de gum I picked an' still give de ole daddy all he wanted as well.
Dat was jus’ a little bit more’n Hickey was prepared to stan’.
An’ dat wasde way in w’ich de lay o’ de lan’ lain.
Dat was a road, an’ where it joined de roundin’ edge was at a bridge ’cross de river.
Dat was up in Jasper county where I's bred and bo'n.
Near as you kin guess, dat was 'bout 50 year' ago.
Dat was my home, so I kep' pesterin' marster to fetch me back, but he slips off and leaves me.
One day when us wanted to play in de stable, us turned Old Camel (dat was de bull) out in de pasture.
Always got too big a head on Sunday mornin', dat was dem.
No Sir, Capn, I betcha dat dere warnt airy uther er slabe-owning white man ter be foun dat wuz er finer man, er dat was mo good ter he niggers dan Marse Tom Davis.
Dat was jus' de way dat Mr. Harvey Brown treated de niggers every time he git a chanct.
Yassum, us house niggers et in de kitchens, dat was separated f'um de main buildin' by a walkway, kivered at de top but not at de sides.
Atter de massa was kilt, old Miss had a nigger oberseer an' dat was de meanest debil dat eber libbed on de Lawd's green yearth.
I recollect Mammy said to old Julie, 'Take keer my baby chile (dat was me) an iffen I never sees her no mo' raise her for God.
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