Preachin

Any how, "she added brightly," I ain't goin 'for quite a spell yet, and you know' Preachin 'Bill' says, 'There ain't no use to worry 'bout the choppin' 'til the dogs has treed the coon.'

The Shepherd of the Hills Harold Bell Wright 1908

"'Preachin' Bill 'hits it every pop, don't he?" exclaimed Jim, admiringly.

The Shepherd of the Hills Harold Bell Wright 1908

But the B-side of "Epistle to Dippy" is the terrific, very jazzy song "Preachin' Love":

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Preachin 'and shouting' sometimes lasted all day Sundays.

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

Preachin was his nateral gait, but he warn't a man to lay back a twidle his thumbs because there didn't happen to be nothin 'do in his own especial line -- no, sir, he was a man who would meander forth and stir up something for hisself.

Sketches New And Old Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1922

Uncle Ike, the postmaster at the Forks, did it much better when he said to "Preachin 'Bill," the night of the

The Shepherd of the Hills Harold Bell Wright 1908

As "Preachin 'Bill" used to say, "Every hound has hits strong pints, but some has more of 'em."

The Shepherd of the Hills Harold Bell Wright 1908

And in his face, so "Preachin 'Bill" said, was the look of one who had "done fought his fight to a finish, an 'war too dead beat t' even be glad it war all over."

The Shepherd of the Hills Harold Bell Wright 1908

But I heard dear old Preachin 'Bill say once, that' some fellers can do mighty big things in a durned little way. '

The Shepherd of the Hills Harold Bell Wright 1908

Matthews's, they've got kin back in Illinois; Mandy Ford's got uncles and aunts over on Lang Creek; Jed Holland's got a grandad and mam, and even Preachin 'Bill talks about a pack o' kin folks over in Arkansaw.

The Shepherd of the Hills Harold Bell Wright 1908