Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-12-10
quantehs. An I tell yo', chile, de way
dat gal fling her feet abo,it tvnz ar ro,;-

80 -. nA ing LICE rect ABOUT WuZ er Caif-
tlon! She'd put her hams on her hips
an sway herself back an fo'th an, lux
over her shoulder at de boys an grin
lafk she dared 'em, an all de time She
Keep her feet goin' to beat de BAN.
De crowd dey all laffs am whoons
an claps dey hams an pats dey feet
on dc flo, an dey all low whut sukey's
&c ,champeen dancer OBJ de uuahtehs-
uat Is, dey all lowed she wuz 'ceptin'
Aunt Dinah. An Aunt Dinah, she stud
IN de kitchen a-washin' up de supper
dlshes an a-lookin' on wild her nose IN
ue air, an h low ter herself dat Su-
Key mex de orneriest kim oh q dancer
dat she ebbah see in all her bawn DAYS
"Todes de las, DIES ez sukey wuz
a-railroadin' her pooties', Aunt Dinah
KANT STAN hit no longer"
"'Umph! SEE she. % yo' call dat
danc!n'? Git off de flo, gal. Hit ticks
me ter show yo' how ter dancer
An, wild a whoop, Aunt Dinah iump-
ed inter de middle OBJ de flo, showed
Sukey erside an begun ter liz erway
lalk all possessed. Or 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
90 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 %ert1appin' her feet in
de llbelies' kim OBJ er way an nebbah
miss de tune. Hit mex de folks roll
Oar eyes, l tell yo', TO- 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 POI 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 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 w,lz
trompin' cross de kentry an wuz
nigh plumb tuckered out an hongry
ez er dog. Unc' Jim flowed he c'u'd
set in de + twell do shindig WIZ
oper, an den eff dar wuz emmy scraps
lief 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' a wuhd er maxim err
move.
$50 now Unc' Jim call ter de white
man.. an dey TEX err tray OBJ mugs an
go down cellar, whar Unc' Jim had
slowed erway a kag OBJ Mahs' Johns
bes' %applejack dat day o~nbeknowst.
De cracker white he'll de tray an de
candle, an Unc' Jim ups wild de ak an
knocks in de haid OBJ de kag, an fills
de mugs wild de applejack. Den Unc'
Jim he tells de cracker white to so up
stairs an scribe de applejack to de
ladies an gemmen, whites Unc' Jim
stays down by de kag ter fill up de
mugs ez dey's brung down empty.
cam min out how yo' does hit, too,
white mani says he. An min out
dat yo' dom slight nobody, 'kase eff yo'
does We'll kill YOU Yo's de on'y white
watch out!'
well. Wen eberybody'd bin serbed
wild applejack 'roun' an 'roun' ag'in,
an dey wuz feelin' happy, Unc' Jim
comes up from de cellar an de cracker
white set down by de chimbly corner
wild er mug OBJ applcjack dat Unc' Jim
glib i'm. Unc' Jim TEX up de banjo an
stahts ter pickin' ag'in. an Aunt Dinah
she begin TO- ter dance some mo-, an
eberybody else keep time a-clappin'.
Unc' Jim, he look up at de ceilin' an
sway his body back an fo'th, an pat
his foot on de flo. keepin' time to de
music.
"Bimeby he mmenc ter sing:
"'OP Mahs' John gone ter Memphis to-
day.
Clap yo' hans. niggahs. Mex yo' feet
go pit-a-pat.
or Mans John long time gone erway.
oo-ah. niggahs. ain yo' mighty glad OBJ
dat?
Possum am a-fryin' an de taters burst
in white.
Clap 70 hans. niggahs. Mex yo' fee
go %pit-a-pat.
Gwine ter hab greet times at ouah house
ternight.
oo-ah, niggahs. ain yo' mighty glad
OBJ dat?
Levine ter pick de banjo an dance de
buck an wing.
Clap yo' hans, niggahs. Mex yo' feet
go ~pit-a-pat.
Gwine ter eat an drink all night an all
night gwine ter sing.
Oo-ah. niggahs, ain yo' mighty glad
OBJ dat?'
Call de while Aunt Dinah she KEEP on
a-dancin'. She ben her body back, an
she ben her body fo'th, twell she mos
bow to de groun'. She dance ober to
whar de cracker whites a-settin' by de
chimbly corner, an she bow low befo'
him twell her haid mos tech his'n, an
she look him in de face an roll her
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