afore

When I told dad, sez I, 'Dad, did ever yer hear sech a thing uz gittin' up afore light to feed stock?'

They're up every mornin' uv thar lives long afore daylight, a feedin' their stock, an' gittin' ready fur the day's work.

And now that hes thoroughly up to it, lets have some supper, and get a snooze afore starting.

He told Horner you'd bin shot resistin' arrest, an' wanted t' see her afore yuh cashed in.

Just afore sundown, she showed up, and passed me with her eyes fixed on a spot about two miles further on.