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  • That's what I calls risin 'above trouble, "and Skipper Zeb slapped Charley upon the shoulder in hearty approval.

    Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North Dillon Wallace 1901

  • Oh tell my baby sister Not to do what I have done But shun that house in New Orleans They call the risin 'sun.

    HOUSE OF THE RISIN' SUN Traditional 1978

  • There is a house in New Orleans They call the risin 'sun.

    HOUSE OF THE RISIN' SUN Traditional 1978

  • There is a house down in New Orleans They call the risin 'sun.

    HOUSE OF THE RISIN' SUN Traditional 1978

  • The victory at Fort Sumter had occurred only a month before and the South was a'risin '.

    Archive 2004-08-01 2004

  • The victory at Fort Sumter had occurred only a month before and the South was a'risin '.

    From On High 2004

  • They appeared at the opening of spring, and kept constantly "risin '," as the people said, until they reached a height the possibility of which we had never conceived.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 Various

  • Now, son, do tackle this yere can o 'risin' powder.

    A Son of the Hills

  • 'Twuz a right blowy sort o' night; de moon wuz jes 'risin', but de clouds wuz so big it didn 'shine' cep 'th'oo a crack now an' den.

    Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

  • No sooner does our old stern-chaser spy her than he slides down to the groun ', an' risin 'up on his hind legs, throws out his chest, an' cocks his eye at her, for all the world like a man when he sees a pretty girl comin 'his way.

    The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

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