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May have plaintee money, too, an 'de healt' be good an 'soun' --

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) Various 1887

May have plaintee money too, an 'de healt' be good an 'soun' --

The Voyageur and Other Poems William Henry Drummond 1880

She say she love de clackin 'soun' of de loom, an 'de way de shuttles run in an' out carryin 'a long tail of bright colored thread.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Various

"De Lawd be wid you, chile," cooed the voice of the negress, musical with tenderness, "an 'bring you back home safe an' soun 'in His own time."

The Way of the Wind Zoe Anderson Norris

She say she love de clackin 'soun' of de loom an 'de way de shuttles run in an' out carryin '

Oral History Of Her Days As A Slave 1937

In de ve'y hea't o 'midnight, w'en I 's sleepin' good an 'soun',

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

But de tarr'pins jes 'drord inter der shells an' sot dar safe an 'soun', an 'watched de fire burn an' de smoke an 'de flame rollin' inter de kyave.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Various 1887

In French sounee means "to call" and until the time of Shakespeare sound was pronounced "soun" in English; without the "d."

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o 'bonnie wee sounies a' intil ae muckle gran 'soun', it pits me i 'min' o 'the text that says,' His voice was as the sound o 'mony waters.'

Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

An 'I slep' soun 'till after sun-up, and when I got my pail an' went out to milk her — thar was her horns an 'hufs! "

My day : reminiscences of a long life, 1909