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Updated: May 18, 2025

An ef'n it was a Yank come 'long, he say too, 'What you prayin' 'bout? You gives de same 'sponse. An he say, 'We'se gwine save you. We goin' to set you free. You wants to be free, dont you? 'Yessir, Boss! 'Well den, Yank say, come go 'long wid me. Ain no use keep sayin' 'Please sir Boss, I'll have to arsk my Master. Yank say, 'what you mean, Marster? You aint got no Marster.

United States. Work Projects Administration - Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States : From Interviews with Former Slaves : Tennessee Narratives

Presently the old man proceeded: "One night Miss Meadows en de gals dey gun a candy-pullin', en so many er de nabers come in 'sponse ter de invite dat dey hatter put de 'lasses in de wash pot en b'il' de fier in de yard.

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