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He can tell you all things efn you all cares to go ahll go with you.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration
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"An 'efn yer got time fur ter go 'long o' me ter de shop, an 'sot dar wile I plats on dese baskits fur de oberseer's wife, I'll tell jes wat I hyear' boutn hit."
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"Uncle Bob," said Dumps, thoughtfully, "s'posin 'they wuz some little girls l-o-n-g time ergo what stole ernuther little girl outn the winder, an' then run'd erway, an 'waded in er ditch, what they Mammy never would let 'em; efn er jay bird would see 'em, would he tell the deb'l nuthin erbout it?"
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But, let erlone dat, yer kin go efn yer wants ter; an 'efn yer'll make has'e an' git yer bunnits, caze I ain't gwine wait no gret wile.
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"Efn he do, or efn he don't, I can't say, caze I ain't neber hyeard; but de bes 'way is fur ter keep' way fum 'em."
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An 'now, efn yer'll 'scuse me, I'll lef' yer hyear fur ter sorter 'muse yerse'f wile I grin's my ax fur ten' ter yer. '
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An 'wen he seed dat, he got pow'ful mad, an' he 'low'd ter his se'f dat efn de Lord spar'd him, he inten' fur ter fix dat Woodpecker.
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"An 'efn yer got time fur ter go 'long o' me ter de shop, an 'sot dar wile I plats on dese baskits fur de oberseer's wife, I'll tell jes wat I hyear' boutn hit."
Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878
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But, let erlone dat, yer kin go efn yer wants ter; an 'efn yer'll make has'e an' git yer bunnits, caze I ain't gwine wait no gret wile.
Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878
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"Uncle Bob," said Dumps, thoughtfully, "s'posin 'they wuz some little girls l-o-n-g time ergo what stole ernuther little girl outn the winder, an' then run'd erway, an 'waded in er ditch, what they Mammy never would let 'em; efn er jay bird would see 'em, would he tell the deb'l nuthin erbout it?"
Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878
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