"be getting onto"

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Banal--yes, but not in these parts. Of course, you've been in more
> parts, even now we practically share the neighborhood.

A. "Do you know why the [whip-wielding, mounted] overseer of a
chain-gang is called 'Mr. Wrightoff'?"
B. "Naw. Why?"
A. " 'Cause, if he catch you loafin', he-a git *right off* his hoss
an' git *on* yo' ass!"

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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