X. MR. BLUEBEARD.
There was a man named Mr. Bluebeard. He got his wife in his house an' he general catch people an' lock up into a room, an' he never let him wife see that room.
One day he went out to a dinner an' forgot his key on the door. An' his wife open the door an' find many dead people in the room. Those that were not dead said:—"Thanky, Missis; Thanky, Missis."
An' as soon as the live ones get away, an' she was to lock the door, the key drop in blood. She take it up an' wash it an' put it in the lock. It drop back into the blood.
An' Mr. Bluebeard was a old-witch an' know what was going on at home. An' as he sat at dinner, he called out to get his horse ready at once. An' they said to him:—"Do, Mr. Bluebeard, have something to eat before you go."
"No! get my horse ready."
So they bring it to him. Now, he doesn't ride a four-footed beast, he ride a t'ree-foot horse.
An' he get on his horse an' start off itty-itty-hap, itty-itty-hap, until he get home.
Now, Mrs. Bluebeard two brother was a hunter-man in the wood. One of them was old-witch, an' he said:—"Brother, brother, something home wrong with me sister."
"Get 'way you little foolish fellah," said the biggest one.