swif'es'-flyin

Updated: May 24, 2025

"'Umph! says Pigunawaya, sezee, 'ain't dis Nancy Jane O, de swif'es'-flyin' bird dey is? sezee; 'wat ail 'long yer, chile? wat yer cryin' 'bout? An' atter Nancy Jane O she up an' tol' 'im, den de frog sez: "'Now look er yer; I wuz er gwine myse'f ter see ef'n I could'n git dat gol'-stone; hit's true I don't stan' much showin' 'long o' birds, but den ef'n eber I gits dar, wy I kin jes jump right in an' fotch up de stone wile de birds is er waitin' fur de crick ter run down.

Louise Clarke Pyrnelle - Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life