An' by the time they get a land Devil was near them.
An' the boatman shot off a piece of Devil canoe an' water get in, so Devil has to go home back.
An' when the gal go home, tell her father what was her life, the father say:—"Don't marry again to nobody, not if even the King."
An' the father take her in an' give her servant to look after her.
Jack Mantora me no choose any.
NOTES.
cuss, abuse. It does not imply swearing. To swear is to cuss bad word.
in a bar, a barred-up room.
deeble-a-bup, the sound of the three-legged horse's step. Compare the itty-itty-hap of "[Mr. Bluebeard]."
The Cook adopts Annancy's device in "[Annancy and Screech-owl]."