Joel Chandler Harris

“ Nobody stirrin’. Den he look in, en dar lay Brer Fox stretch out on de bed des es big ez life. Den Brer Rabbit make like he talkin’ to hisse’f.
“‘Nobody ’roun’ fer ter look atter Brer Fox—not even Brer Tukkey Buzzard ain’t come ter de funer’l,’ sezee. ‘I hope Brer Fox ain’t dead, but I speck he is,’ sezee. ‘Even down ter Brer Wolf done gone en lef’ ’im. Hit’s de busy season wid me, but I’ll set up wid ’im. He seem like he dead, yit he mayn’t be,’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee. ‘W’en a man go ter see dead fokes, dead fokes allers raises up der behime leg en hollers, wahoo!’ sezee. ”

“ Legends of the Old Plantation XI. Mr. Wolf makes a Failure
“I lay yo’ ma got comp’ny,” said Uncle Remus, as the little boy entered the old man’s door with a huge piece of mince-pie in his hand, “en ef she ain’t got comp’ny, den she done gone en drap de cubberd key som’ers whar you done run up wid it.” ”