c. Brother Dead.

Emanuel Johnson, Brownstown.

Anansi run till he meet up Bredder Dead … Br’er Dead say, “If you pay me, I will save you.”—“Br’er, me have not’ing to gi’ you, but me have one cock a yard fe me wife, me tek him come gi’ you.” Br’er Nansi run to de yard, get de cock, meet Br’er Dead in de corn-piece an’ gi’ it to him. Now Br’er Dead goin’ to kill him jus’ de same. After Br’er Dead tie de cord gone away to odder side of de corn-piece, Anansi t’ief de cock back from Br’er Dead, get a hawk an’ put up de hawk. Hawk catch Dead now in de corn-piece. Anansi say,

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Fly along, Brudder Hawk, fly a-long. Fly a-long, Brudder Hawk, fly a-long.
Car-ry him go ’long, Car-ry him go ’long, Car-ry him go ’long, Brud-der
Hawk, Car-ry him go ’long.

An’ Br’er Hawk fly along wid him till drop him into a sea-ball.[6] Jack man dora!

[1] By himself, alone. [↑]

[2] From this point the story follows a Lacovia version. [↑]