way around;

He could jest as slick as preachin’ bite in two a

shingle nail,

Or squonch a moulded bullet, sah, and ev’ry

tooth was sound.

I’ve seen him lift a kag of pork, a-bitin’ on the

chine,

And he’d clench a rope and hang there like a

puppy to a root;

And a feller he could pull and twitch and yank