Joel Chandler Harris

Joel Chandler Harris

Summary

Portrait of Joel Chandler Harris Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings… (1886)

De scads ’ll fetch um.”
“Him po’ country fer true,” commented the Savannah negro; “he no like Sawanny. Down da, we set need de shade an’ eaty de rice-bud, an’ de crab, an’ de swimp tree time de day; an’ de buckra man drinky him wine, an’ smoky him seegyar all troo de night. Plenty fer eat an’ not much fer wuk.”
“Hit’s mighty nice, I speck,” responded Uncle Remus, gravely. “De nigger dat ain’t hope up ’longer high feedin’ ain’t got no grip.
Source: Wikisource

Portrait of Joel Chandler Harris Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings… (1886)

I enty fer see no crab an’ no oscher; en swimp, he no stay ’roun’. I lak some rice-bud now.”
“Youer talkin’ ’bout deze yer sparrers, w’ich dey er all head, en ’lev’m un makes one mouffle, [2] I speck,” suggested Uncle Remus. “Well, dey er yer,” he continued, “but dis ain’t no climate whar de rice-birds flies inter yo’ pockets en gits out de money an’ makes de change derse’f; an’ de isters don’t shuck off der shells en run over you on de street, an’ no mo’ duz de s’imp hull derse’f an’ drap in yo’ mouf.
Source: Wikisource

Get perspective with Kwize: daily news enlightened by great literature