“Plop plop plop plop

Massa han’some wife gone!”

As Devil hear, him come—

“Zin-ge-lay, wid dem run come,

Zin-ge-lay, wid dem jump come,

Zin-ge-lay, wid dem walk fas’!”

As he come, ’tamp him foot an’ say, “John Studee-e!” De boat t’un right back come home. If it wasn’t fo’ dat little yawzy boy, de Devil will kill ’em.

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b. The Snake-husband.

Emilina Dodd, Lacovia.