🌲 Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 7, sentence 53

Buh Rabbit, him come up bout dis time, an him swade Buh Lion fuh sen fuh one cart, an pit de dead body een um, an leh one er eh han heng ober one side er de cart, an gedder him soldier an pit one gang on de leff han side an de tarruh gang on de right han side, an mek de music go befo, an leh dem all march down de middle er de street een Buh Lion town all de lenk er de street; an ef de soldier yeddy anybody duh scream an duh cry een any one er de house, den de soldier mus go ter dat house an kill ebry body wuh lib day, case dat mus be de fambly er de tief.

Who acts: RABBIT, one er eh han, de tarruh gang, befo, street, anybody · What happens: come up, swade, heng, soldier, go, march down · To what, where: Buh sen, ober one side er, pit, leff han side, de, duh cry

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