skeerted

Updated: May 27, 2025

"Sez I ter myse'f, sez I: 'Honey, you er right on my route, en I'll des see w'at kinder bird you got roostin' in you, en w'iles I wuz a lookin' out bus' de smoke piff! en den bang! Wid dat I des drapt back inter de woods, en sorter skeerted 'roun' so's ter git de tree 'twixt' me en de road. I slid up putty close, en wadder you speck I see?

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