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. She'd put her hans on her hips
an sway herself back an 10th 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 de 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 in
de air, an she low ter herself dat SUI
KEY mex de orneriest kin OBJ a dancer
dat she ebbah see in all her bawn days
..Todes de las, des ez Sukey wuz
a-railroadin' her pooties, Aunt Dlnah
KANT stan hit no longer"
..Umph!' seq She D. yo' call dat
danc;n'? Git off de flo. gal. Hit ticks
me ter show yo how ter dance!
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
dc faster Aunt Dinah dance. She cut
/ de pigeon wing, she railroaded an she
/ do de hoedown; she whirl rOun' an
roun, she spring high in de air an
| she toss her arms; she sway back an
fo'th an she shout an sing, an all de
time she keep er-fappin' her feet in
i de libelies' kim oh er way an nebbah
miss de tune Hit mex de folks roll
dar eyes, | tell yo, TO ter see her!
Talk erbout bein' helpless an crippled
i wild rheumatic! Shoo! 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 po' cracker white dat
wuz er-settin quietly by de chimbly
corner er-lookin' on. He'd come to de
cabin do DIES ez Sukey wuz erbout tel
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 err dog. Unc' Jim lowed he cue
set in de corner twell de shindig WIZ
ober, an den eff dar wuz emmy scrap:
lef' de white man c'u'd have 'em tel
eat. De man wuz suttenly de shack
lies po' white dat ID ebbah bin seet
roun' de quahtehs, but he set quietl.
by de chimbly corner wild his OF ha
drawed down ODER his eyes an hi
! arms folded watchin' de COINS on an
nebbah sayin' a wuhd err maxim e
move.
$50 now inc jim call ter de whit
:. man, an dey TEX er tray orb mugs an
go down cellar whar Unc' Jim hal
:. slowed erway a kag oh Mahs' John
bes' applejack dat day onbeknowst
!. De cracker white he'll de tray an d
candle, an inc Jim ups wild de ak ar
knocks in de haid OBJ de kag, an fill
de mugs wild de applejack Den Cn'
: jim he tells &c cracker white to SO III
stairs an scribe de appejacli to d
: ladies an gemmen. whites inc Jii
stays down by de kag ter Eli up
y mugs ez dey's brung Down empty.
: "'An' mia out how yo' Goes hit, to-
: white mani says he. An nm OF
!, dat yo' don slight nobo'E. 'kase ef 8
:, does we'll kill yo'.. Yo's &c on'y viii
:. man in de cuahtehs ternight, so betta
: watch out.'
We'll. Wen eberybody'd bin scribe
wild appleiack 'roun' an roam az i
an deg WIZ fecin' happy. Jnc' jill
comes up from de cellar an de ci.ac,lt
white set Gown by lie csi,nl,iv corls
wild err nlls Oh appIeiac,s dat Unc' il
glib i'm. the jim tex M de lian,o Il
stahts ter pic,zin' ag'in an Aunt Dina
| she begin TO ter dance Soile mo-, Il
eberybody else keep time a-clapi,;r
| Unc' Jim. he look up at &c ceiIn' Il
sway his body back an fo'th. an u;
/ his foot on de flo. keepin' tine to ,
| music.
1 "Bimeby he commence ter sing:
] cor Iahs' John gone ter Memphis t
1 day.
4 Clap yo' hans. niggahs Mex 20 fe
| go pit-a-pat.
l OF Mans John long time gone erway
| Oo-ah, niggahs. ain yo' mighty glad
/ DAT?
! "'Possum am a-fryin' an de taters burs
in white.
Clap yo' hans niggahs. Mex yo' fe
go pit-a-pat.
Gwine ter hab gret times al ouah hou
ternight.
Oo-ah niggahs. ain yo mighty gl;
oh dat?
"'Gwine ter pick de banjo an dance
buck an wing.
Clap yo' hans. niggahs. Mex yo' fo
go pit-a-pat.
, Gwne ter eat an drink all night an
night gwine ter sing.
~ Oo-ah. niggahs. ain yo' mighty 81
81 oh dat?'
n. "All de while Aunt Dinah she KEEP
e.. a-dancin' She ben her body back. a