a-doin

But seriously: in case we were wondering what the times, they were a-doin '?

Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2010

But seriously: in case we were wondering what the times, they were a-doin '?

mrissa: Use "Unchained Melody" in a love scene next. Please. It'll be great. mrissa 2010

Asked if he thought Mrs. Clinton was "pandering" with this latest campaign offer, one observer -- Jethro T.B. DePew, 24, a part-time electrolysis-shop janitor from a colorful little township called Inarticulate Holler -- said: "Wellsir, I don't rightly know about no kinda bears, but whatsoever-the-heck she's a-doin ', I like it!"

John Eskow: A Desperate Hillary Promises New Crystal Meth That's "Actually Good For You"; Laughs Off "So-Called Experts" Who Disagree 2008

"Yo'all tell Mistuh Val whats yo 'bin a-doin'!" commanded his mother, emphasizing her order with a shake.

Ralestone Luck Andre Norton 1958

If 'e' adn't knocked me more'n 'arf silly I'd been after' im, sharp, -- I tell you! and hasked 'im what' e thought 'e was a-doin' of, but afore my senses was back agin 'e was out o' sight, -- clean! '

The Beetle Richard Marsh

Well, that's jest what I'm a-doin ',' says she; 'and while I'm about it,' says she,

Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall

It's jest spittin 'fire, dat's what it's a-doin', an 'ef somebody don't do suffin' fo 'Massa Tom mighty quick, dere ain't gwin t' be any Massa

Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record Victor [pseud.] Appleton

I bait yo 'she git up when she ter home, and I bait yo' she ain't gitting somebody ter dress her, an 'wait on her han' an 'foot like Mandy done been a-doin' sense yistiddy; ner she ain 'been keepin' better folks a-waiting fer dey meals.

Peggy Stewart at School

"Jus 'come back here whar I'se a-doin' de white folks 'washin'," she said.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Hetty bustled up and down, important and anxious, while Sam stood about in the hall, and asked everybody who passed along "how she wor a-doin 'now."

Sara, a Princess Fannie E. Newberry