"When word come dat dey was comin', it soun' lak a moanin' win' in de quarter.

Dey was wearin' blue jackets an' had gold buttons on caps an' jackets.

Oughta come on de river in nineteen an' ten, Dey was drivin' de women jes' like de men.

Dey ain't no dog in a dog biscuit, is dey?" See also Dining.

Dey was hard taskmasters.

Dey made big promises, but dey was poor reliance.

An' dat was fun, cause dey was lots of us children an we all did it together.

Nigger neber did own enything so dey cant be Democrats en if dey vote a Democrat ticket dey is jes votin a lie.

It raise three big ears o' corn, an when dey was good roastin size he pick em off an cook em an tell Teeny eat ever grain offn all three cobs.

"Dey are a new sort of ant," he said.

Dey are verminpah!

Dey was a horspital building near de quarters an' a good old granny woman to nuss de sick.

Dat were not de reason, but dey was blood 'fore folks' eyes by dat time.

"Dey ain't canny, dem things," he declared; "ef de Lord had wanted us to fly he'd have given us wings, I guess.

Dey was two captains an' each one picked de ones he wanted on his side.

"If dese fiends were as goot as dey are clefer, dey vould be angels.

"But, Miss Patty," expostulated Mancy, "dey ain't nuffin' fit to set befo' dem fren's ob yo's.

To every good man, dey can be only wie eine blume, so hold and schön" Professor Kennedy's acid voice broke in"So you're still in the 1830 Romantische Schule period, are you, Reinhardt?"

I tells the young fry to give honor to the white folks, and my preacher tell 'em to obey the white folks, dat dey are our best friends, dey is our dependence and it would be hard getting on if we didn't have em to help us.

"Dey was two plantations in de marster's lan' an' dey worked a heap o' Niggers.

Dey was 'nough o' dem boys to look after de work an' Old Marster say he don' need no overseer to look after his slaves.

Dey were a chinaberry tree close to de door an' Walter got b'hin' it an' fired a pistol.

Dey were a pow'ful crowd 'roun' dat wagon.

I got dar dey was a big circus and sum one was sayin, "de perade be here directly,

Dey was a gal comin' to resist me, but she ain't put in her disappearance yet.