♩ = 108

Mu-ma, mu-ma, snake a swallow me. You lie, you lie, me
dis I put ma han’ ’pon you, you cum come tell yo’ lie on me, you
cum come tell yo’ lie on me.

2. Variant.

cum come tell yo’ lie on me.

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a. Nancy.

Richard Morgan, Santa Cruz Mountains.

Deh is one woman get a daughter. One day in de yard ’he saw a man, big stout man. He put co’tin’ship to her. De woman said yes. When de man come to de yard breakfas’ time, he didn’t eat; always went away where some clean grass is. ’he got a brudder watchin’ him all ’e time. When he go, de man begin to sing,