Word

a-gittin’

IPA

[ə ˈgɪ tˤn]

Definition

getting

Example

... Air a-gittin’ cool an’ coolah,
Frost a-comin’ in de night ...

Note: The passage read by Herbert Woodward Martin in this record is "gittin'" from "A Banjo Song" (Lyrics of Lowly Life):

Oh, dere's lots o' keer an' trouble
In dis world to swaller down;
An' ol' Sorrer's purty lively
In her way o' gittin' roun'.

Work in which this term appears

Signs of the Times