wukkins

Updated: May 22, 2025

"Wid dat I got up en tuck my stan' behime Ole Miss en Miss Sally, en de man w'at speak, he went up en worn his han's. Fus thing you know, he raise up sudden, en say, sezee: "'W'at dat on yo' axe? "'Dat's de fier shinin' on it, sez I. "'Hit look like blood, sezee, en den he laft. "But, bless yo' soul, dat man wouldn't never laft dat day ef he'd know'd de wukkins er Remus's mine.

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