everlas'nly

Updated: May 20, 2025

Hit got hotter en hotter in de war, en lonesomer en mo' lonesomer at home, en bimeby 'long come de conscrip' man, en he des everlas'nly scoop up Mars Jeems's overseer. W'en dis come 'bout, ole Miss, she sont atter me en say, sez she: "'Remus, I ain't got nobody fer ter look arter de place but you, sez she, en den I up'n say, sez I: "'Mistiss, you kin des 'pen' on de ole nigger.

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