Library of southern literature; . y At shes ready to mulk ol Cherry!An there I stan wi the kef by the yur, The boys done out o maw a-whang, a-whang, jis like There us nothin else till night! Bout sundowns time for the swimmin-hole, But from me its mighty fur—Thats jis the minute, each blessed day, I must ketch the kef by the yur! 3598 SOUTHERN LITERATURE The parson, my bud—hes a preacher, you know, But he cant git nowhere to preach—Looks on wi s thumbs in is gallus-straps, Smihn sweet as a kef is a fool, dont mean no harm, Only wantin to suck;But sometimes I git so awful mad
Library of southern literature; . y At shes ready to mulk ol Cherry!An there I stan wi the kef by the yur, The boys done out o maw a-whang, a-whang, jis like There us nothin else till night! Bout sundowns time for the swimmin-hole, But from me its mighty fur—Thats jis the minute, each blessed day, I must ketch the kef by the yur! 3598 SOUTHERN LITERATURE The parson, my bud—hes a preacher, you know, But he cant git nowhere to preach—Looks on wi s thumbs in is gallus-straps, Smihn sweet as a kef is a fool, dont mean no harm, Only wantin to suck;But sometimes I git so awful mad At I twistes is yur like a shuck. They-all say Im lazy, no count in the worl, Only to raise a row;But I wouldnt mind workin all times o day Cep the time fur mulkin the the fellers go off to swim. Or take ther dogs an gun,That pore white kef, a-wantin his share, Heads off both ends o my some sweet day Ill be a man, An when Im boss mysefIll ketch evry boy at stays on the place An put him to holdin a kef!. ALEXANDER BEAUFORT MEEK [1814—1865] PETER J. HAMILTON ALEXANDER BEAUFORT MEEK, one of the earliest Alabamawriters and still among the most admired, was not a native ofthe community he adorned. His paternal grandparents were fromCounty Antrim, Ireland, and his father, a physician and minister,served the Methodist Church, both in Charleston and in Columbia,South Carolina. In the latter city the oldest son of the Rev. SamuelM. Meek, , and his wife, Anne McDowell, was born July 17, after this the Rev. Mr. Meek became interested in the South-west, then opening up, and took his wife and children to he became a druggist and physician, although he never quitegave up the ministry. Alexander B. Meeks life owed much more to his new environ-ment than to his birthplace; for, if not a native, yet he came earlyenough to Alabama to feel and share the romance of the common-wealth with which he was to grow up. Alabama was admitted intot
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