The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-12-23

quahtehs. An / tell yo', chile. de way
dat gal fling her feet about wuz er eau
ton. Shed put her hans on her hips
an sway herself back an fo'th an LUX
over her shoulder at de boys an grin
laik she dared 'en, an all de time she
keep her feet goin' to beat &c BAN.
DE crowd dey all iaffs an whoops
an claps dey hans an pats dey feet
on de flo. an dey all low whit Sukey's
de champeen dancer OBJ de quahtehs-
dat is, dey all lowed she wuz 'ceptin'
Aunt Dinah An Aunt Dinah she stud
in de kitchen a-Washin' up de supper
dishes an a-lookin' on wild her nose i'll
de air. an she low ter herself dat SUI
key mex de orneriest kim OBJ a dancer
dat she ebbah see in all her bawn days
'Todes de las, des ez Sukey wuz
a-railroadin' her pooties, Aunt Dinah
KANT STAN hit no longer"
"'Umph! SEE she. D. yo' call dat
dancin'? Git off de flo. gal Hit ticks
me ter show yo' how ter dancer
An, wild whoop. Aunt Dinah jump
ed inter de middle OBJ de flo, showed
Sukey erside an begun ter jig erway
laik all possessed OF Unc' Jim he
struck up er rattlin' tune an played
Eastern ebbah. De faster he played
de faster Aunt Dinah dance. She cut
de pigeon wing. she railroaded an she
do de hoedown; she whirl roun' an
foun', she spring high in de air an
she toss her arms; she sway back an
fp'th on cba Shaut an Sin0 on, oil do
time she keep er-fappin' her feet in
de libelies' kin oh er way an nebbah
miss de tune. Hit mex de folks roll
dar eyes, tell yo', fo' ter see her!
Talk erbout bein' helpless an crippled
wild rheumatic! Shoe! Aunt Dinah
wuz sho' huff pertendin'!
':Bimeby, wen de tunes ended, Unc
Jim lay de banjo down, an he low dat
playin an dancin' is dry wuhk an
hit Wuz time dey wuz passin' roun
sumpin' All dis time nobody pays no
'tention ter a po' cracker white dat
wuz er-settin' quietly by de chimbly
corner er-lookin' on. He'd come to de
cabin do des ez Sukey wuz erbout ter
staht de dance an axed Unc' Jim
c'u'd he please come in an set by de
chimbly corner an res, dat he wuz
trompin' cross de kentry an wuz
| nigh plumb tuckered out an hongry
ez er dog. Unc' Jim lowed he c'u'd
set in de corner twell de shindig wuz
ober, an den eff dar wuz emmy scraps
lef' de white man c'u'd have 'em ter
eat. De man wuz suttenly de shack
lies po' white dat d ebbah bin seed
roun de quahtehs but he set quietly
by de chimbly corner wild his OF hat
draWed down ober his eyes an his
arms folded watchin' de COINS on an
nebbah sayin' wuhd err maxim err
move.
$50 now Unc' jim call ter de white
man, an dey TEX er tray oh mugs an
go down cellar. Whar inc jim had
slowed erway a kag oh Mahs' Johns
bes' applejack dat day onbeknowst.
De cracker white he'll de tray an de
candle, an inc Jim ups wild de AK an
knocks in de haid OBJ de kag, an fills
de mugs vil de app!ejack. Den Inc
jim he tells &c cracker white to 90 up
stairs an scribe de applejacb to de
ladies an gemmen. whites Jnc' jim
stays down by de kag ter I'll up &c
mugs ez dey's hrung down empty.
An mia out how yo' Goes hit. too.
white man" says he. An mn out
dat yo' don slight nobo,r. 'kacp Of 90
does We'll kill 20" Yo's &c on'y viii e
man III &c cuahtehs ternight. so Lettah
watch OUT
We'll. Wen eberybody'd bin serbed
wild appletaciz rom an rom az in.
an dey wuI fec!in' hasny. Unc' jim
comes UP from de cellar nh lie cracker
white set Gown by lie c'si,nl,lv corner
wild er mag Oh appleiacs dat inc Ji.l
glib i'm. Inc Jim TEX up &c han.o an
stahts ter pic-zin' ag'in an Aunt Dnah
she begin fo' ter dance some mo-. an
eberybody else keep timp a-ciapp;n'
Unc' Jim, he look up at &c calin' an
sway his body back an fotl. an rat
his foot on de TO- keepin time to de
music.
"Bimeby be commence ter sing:
cor Mahs' John gone ter Memphis to.
day.
Sidp 70 nan ), n'SganS Mex yO feet
go pit-a-pa
or Mans john long time gone erway
Oo-ah, niggahs. ain yo mighty glad OBJ
CAT?
'Possum am a-fryin an de taters burst
in white.
Clap yo' hans. niggahs Mex yo fec
go pit-a-pat.
Gwine ter hab gre't times at ouah house
ternight.
Oo-ah. niggahs. ain yo' mighty glad
/ oh dat?
"'Gwine ter pick de banjo an dance de
buck an wing.
Clap yo' hans. niggahs. Mex yo' feet
go pt-epat.
Gwine ter eat an drink all night an all
night gwine ter sing.
Oo-ah, niggahs, ain yo' mighty glad
oh dat?'
'Al de while Aunt Dinah she KEEP on
a-dancin'. She ben her body back. an
she ben her BODY fo'th twpu she mos