sarrerday

Updated: July 10, 2025

"'T was a Sarrerday night, an' I was a-walkin' up an' down, account o' me bein' awful low in the mind. "'Ma, says Louisa, 'I'm reel hungry to-night. You reckon I could have a piece o' bread with butter on it? I wisht I could taste some bread with butter on it, says she. "'Darlin', says I, turrible sad, 'Po' ma c'n give yo' the naked bread an' thanks to God I got even that to give, I says.

Marie Conway Oemler - Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man