Well, I used to know a heap of dem songs dat I hear my auntie en my grandmammy sing dere home when I was comin up.
Oh, dat be a old song what my grandmammy used to sing way back dere.
My grandmammy lib right dere close us en Colonel Durant hab she jes to look a'ter aw de plantation chillun when dey parents wuz workin'.
Grandmammy name Ester and she belonged to our Marse Tom Still, too.
Yes, mam, de Bill Greggs had a heap of slaves cause dey had mygrandmammy en my granddaddy en dey had a heap of chillun.
I don't remember my grandpappy an' grandmammy atall.
My grandmammy was a midwife an' she useta gib women cloves an' whiskey to ease de pain.
For night sweats Grandmammy would put an axe under de bed of de sick pusson wid de blade asittin' straight up.
Remember I been settin dere wid my milk en my bowl of hominy en I hear my old grandmammy come a runnin in from out de yard en say all de sky was blue as indigo wid de Yankees comin right dere over de hill den.
Ma, she get word, one day, she better come cross de river to de Sand Hills to see bout grandmammy cause she been took down wid de fever en was bad off.
Den I hear my Missus scream en come a runnin wid a lapful of silver en tell my grandmammy to hurry en sew dat up in de feather bed cause dem Yankees was mighty apt to destroy all dey valuables.
You see, it was like dis, my old Missus been name Sara Davis fore she marry Massa John Bethea en my mammy en grandmammy had come up wid her in de country en dat how-come dere been such a feelin twixt dem.
Anne and Peter Billups was my mammy and daddy, and my granddaddy and grandmammy was Washin'ton and Tiller Billups; all of 'em belonged to Old Marster Jack Billups.
De sale was in December but it was so far off dat corn was in tassel 'fore my pore grandmammy got to Greene County.
I know I hear dem speak 'bout old Massa bought her en my grandmammy from off de block en raised dem to a good livin.
Then she rise up and smile sweet lak and 'bout dat time de light from a rescue ship, sent out from Wilmington to aid us, grandmammy say, shine in on us.
She say Senator Butler always look up and speak to mygrandmammy when he come to Charleston and she say de Senator give grandmammy money, widout her askin' for it.
My grandmammy sho' was known to white and black folks at Charleston and Wilmington as a Christian woman.
Dat somethin dat I ought to had ax my grandmammy 'bout how old I is, so den I might could call it up to you right sharp.
Oh, I wishes now I had ax my grandmammy dat word fore she die.
My grandmammy minded the Master's yard, and she set on the front porch all the time, and when I was called I would run to her and she wouldn't let anybody touch me.
One day I was carrying water from the spring and I run up on Grandmammy and Uncle Nick skinning a cow.
Uncle Nick went to the North and never come home, and Grandmammy died about that time.
Jest as Grandmammy go to de cabin door and hear him say dat de man git off his hoss and pick up my mammy and put her up in front of him and start to ride off down de road.
Grandmammy set on the Master's porch and minded the baby mostly.
They all hated him and the overseer too, and before slavery ended my grandmammy was dead and old Mistress was dead and old Master was mighty feeble and Uncle Nick had run away to the North soldiers and they never got him back.
Don't remembah my grandmammy and grandpappy, but my master was they master.
He make grandmammy and mammy and me stand to one side and den he say to the other niggers, "Dese niggers belong to my wife but you belong to me, and I'm de only one you is to call Master.
When I was eight years old old Mistress died, and Grandmammy told me why old Mistress picked on me so.
Dat paper hold good too, and grandmammy tell me about one time it hold good and keep my own mammy on de place.
Grandmammy say mammy was jest a little gal and was playing out in de road wid three, four other little chillun when a white man and old Master rid up.
He say my grandmammyhad a bundle on her head, and Jeff Davis say, "Where you going Aunty?
Grandmammy was mighty old and Mistress was old too.
Pretty soon Mr. Little John come riding up and say something to old Master, and see grandmammy standing in de yard screaming and crying.
Grandmammy had indeed gone, and was now far away, "clean" out of sight.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "grandmammy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
