a-cursin

Updated: May 16, 2025

But from the time of the first tidings that come of the deed that had been done though the excitement wuz more rampant that I ever knew it to be, and every single man in the community wuz out bloodthirsty for his death, and every party a-carry-in' a rope to hang him, and every woman a-lookin' out eager to see him hung, and all on 'em a-cursin' him, and a-weepin' over what he had done

Marietta Holley - Samantha at the World's Fair