Devil ready to start, order his t'ree-foot horse saddle, for he is going to invite his friend to come an' help him eat the gal.
He start, deeble-a-bup, deeble-a-bup.
As he get about a mile the old lady go in to the gal, take her out an' tell her that her husband is Devil an' he is going to eat you.
The gal begin to cry.
The old lady say:—"Don't cry, I love you an' I going to let you go, but the Cock is a watchman; he will see you, an' if he see you he will call for his master, but never min' I will try."
The old lady get ten quart of the corn an' a gallon of rum, soak the corn in it for about a hour, an' after give it to the Cock.
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."