Yessir, she was beautiful.

的确，她很漂亮。

Yessir, if I was your Pa I'd take down your britches and muss you up a bit.

好的，先生。 如果我是你爸的话，我会脱了你的裤子然后把你给弄糟点。

There are two sources for "Sentences, " both oral histories: Working by Studs Terkel and Yessir, I've Been Here a Long Time: Faces and Words of Americans by George Mitchell.

《句子》有两个来源，都是口头故事，即：Studs Terkel的《工作》（Working）和George Mitchell的《是的先生，我在这儿很久了：美国人的脸和话》。