roastin-yeahs

Updated: May 2, 2025

Dar's dat piece ob corn dar, below de house, is jest a-gittin' good fer roastin-yeahs, Now, we'll jes pick offen de outside rows, an' I'll be dod-dinged ef we can't git 'long wid dat till de crap comes off; an' I'll jes tell Maise Hooper dat wuz de name o' de man what owned de plantation dat I'll take dem rows inter my sheer. So it went on fer a week er two, an' I t'ought I wuz jes gittin' on like a quarter hoss.

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