An' the Cock eat the whole evening till night, an', after him finish eat, him drop asleep.
The old lady get a boatman an' pay him an' he take the gal over the sea.
When day nearly light the Cock wake an' go to look if he see the gal through a hole. When he look the gal was gone. Him go to the cook an' ask.
The lady said:--"Him gone, an' I was calling you an' you never wake."
Mister Winkler Winkler oh coocoorico the gal is gone. Awake me wake go look a hole the gal was gone.]
Mr. Winkler hear an' was coming like lighten with his t'ree-foot horse, deeble-a-bup, deeble-a-bup.
He call out:--"Me coming", deeble-a-bup, "Me coming", deeble-a-bup.
At last he reach the yard an' see the gal gone. He get a canoe an' start after her, an' by next day light he see the gal boat was far away.
He call out:--"Sairey dé 'pon sea, Sairey dé 'pon sea, come back darling, you husband dé come fe you."
When the gal look he say:--"Shub ahead, boatman, do, to save me life!"
An' by the time they get a land Devil was near them.
An' the boatman shot off a piece of Devil canoe an' water get in, so Devil has to go home back.
An' when the gal go home, tell her father what was her life, the father say:--"Don't marry again to nobody, not if even the King."
An' the father take her in an' give her servant to look after her.
=cuss=, abuse. It does not imply swearing. To swear is to =cuss bad word=.
=deeble-a-bup=, the sound of the three-legged horse's step. Compare the itty-itty-hap of "Mr. Bluebeard."
The Cook adopts Annancy's device in "Annancy and Screech-owl."
=coocoorico.= The Cock's crow is excellent. The Negro is very clever in his imitation of animals.
=canoe=, pronounced with accent on the first syllable and French =a=.
One day Puss was going out on a journey, an' he travel till he reach to a river mouth. An' as Puss being afraid for water he couldn' cross the river.
An' Puss has to stop for two day an' one night, an' Puss climb a tree which hang over the water.
An' Annancy fishening till him come where Puss was, an' Puss didn' call to Annancy.
An' same time Annancy meet up a licking 'tump a river side. Annancy lick, him lick, him lick, him lick outside till him sen' him han' inside.
An' when Annancy shub him hand him feel something hold him.