se'f

"Ole Br'er Rabbit, he make up de song he own se'f en 'he fix it so that he sing de _Call_ lak de Captain er de co'n-pile, en ole Br'er Fox, he hatter sing de answer ...."

Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Thomas Washington Talley

You go 'long, 'he says,' an 'leave me by my own se'f.'

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

` ` Talkin 'to his ole se'f!' 'the first explained, joyously.

Alice Adams 1921

So dat yaller gal had to put on a clean han'kercher an 'ap'on, an' do it her own se'f.

The Corner House Girls at School Grace Brooks Hill 1917

"I'd be kinda glad to do that same my own se'f right now."

The Fighting Edge William MacLeod Raine 1912

You go 'long, 'he says,' an 'leave me by my own se'f.'

A True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It 1910

I was bawn down 'mongst de slaves; I knows all 'bout slavery, 'case I been one of 'em my own se'f.

A True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It 1910

"Talkin 'to his ole se'f!" the first explained, joyously.

Alice Adams Booth Tarkington 1907

Page 19 a-cryin 'becase the ward'n war' bleeged ter lock her out, the Gov'ner his se'f walked in.

The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895

Brudder Simmons been et de dance his own se'f, else dat song wouldn't slip off'n his mouf so

The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895