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| 1 | Author: | Fox, John | Add | | Title: | Hell fer Sartain and Other Stories | | | Published: | 1995 | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | Description: | THAR was a dancin'-party Christmas
night on “Hell fer Sartain.” Jes tu'n
up the fust crick beyond the bend thar,
an' climb onto a stump, an' holler about
once, an' you'll see how the name come.
Stranger, hit's hell fer sartain! Well,
Rich Harp was thar from the head-waters, an' Harve Hall toted Nance
Osborn clean across the Cumberlan'.
Fust one ud swing Nance, an' then
t'other. Then they'd take a pull out'n
the same bottle o' moonshine, an'—fust
one an' then t'other—they'd swing her
agin. An' Abe Shivers a-settin' thar
by the fire a-bitin' his thumbs! | | Similar Items: | Find |
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