A woman got one daughter that mother and father had, a very loving daughter to them. So draw up to womanhood, a young man come for her; she don’t like. Another young man come; she don’t like. An’ a nice young man come one day to the yard, an’ when that one come she was well pleased with him, say, “That is my beloved! me like him well!” An’ that time was a Yellow Snake jes’ come fe her now.
So them well pleased of it, father an’ mother, an’ them marry, Snake an’ daughter. An’ when the wedding-day come, everything was well finish until getting home now at the husband house in a wil’ wood. An’ when he got half way, begun to drop the clo’es now that he wear, drop him trousers, drop him shirt, an’ jacket, an’ going into one hole an’ long out his head. An’ he lay hol’ of the leg of his wife an’ he swallow to the hip an’ he couldn’t go further. Yellow Snake begin to sing,
“Worra worra, me wi’ swallow yo’,
Worra worra, me wi’ swallow yo’,
Swallow yo’ till yo’ mamma kyan’ fin’ yo’!”
So the girl sang now,
“I’m calling fe me hunter-man brother,
Harry, Tom an’ John!
I’m calling fe me hunter-man brother,
Harry, Tom an’ John!