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Examples
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It looks like it's a-dyin 'an' it's hardly been born.
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It looks like it's a-dyin 'an' it's hardly been born.
Song to Woody 1997
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It looks like it's a-dyin 'an' it's hardly been born.
SONG TO WOODY Dylan, Bob, 1941- 1962
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"She ain't a-dyin ', an' I want my ringolets carled."
A Sheaf of Corn Mary E. Mann
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"She ain't a-dyin ', then," the child screamed as she was thrust from the house.
A Sheaf of Corn Mary E. Mann
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How could I a-been so 'crastinatin' an 'po' Joshua a-dyin 'all dese hyer weeks.
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Why, Miss, dere warn't nigh so many folkses a-dyin 'all de time dem days as dere is now.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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De man what done de hangin 'read de Bible to de folkses what wuz gathered' round dar while de murderer wuz a-dyin '.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Ter think as I sh'd come ter pass ter say sich wards, an 'yu a-layin' there a-dyin '!
A Sheaf of Corn Mary E. Mann
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"Yer mother is a-dyin ', she' ont be here long; you must try to be a better gal"; how often of late had that phrase offended her ears!
A Sheaf of Corn Mary E. Mann
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