clay-roots

Updated: May 28, 2025

You all take keer er dat ar een', sezee, 'en I'll take keer er dish yer een', sezee. "Den dey all put out en lef' Brer Tarrypin at de branch, en w'en dey got good en gone, he dove down inter de water, he did, en tie de bed-cord hard en fas' ter wunner deze yer big clay-roots, en den he riz up en gin a whoop.

Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings