stahrted

Updated: May 28, 2025

Often he did not know the piece, but that did not matter, he sang anyway. Perhaps when they were out he would go to her and ask, "Sis' Martha, what was that hymn you stahrted to-day?" and she would probably answer, "Oh, dat was jes' one o' my mammy's ol' songs." "Well, it sholy was mighty pretty. Indeed it was." "Oh, thanky, Brothah Gidjon, thanky."

Paul Laurence Dunbar - The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories