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Jamaica Anansi stories

140. In Come Murray.

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William Forbes, Dry River, Cock-pit country.

It was said when you go you see a man going to play dat Nansi story. Get anodder wid a pint a water, den him gwine to turn a drunkard, begin to totter, say, “Tiger, tiger, lie down”—

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Zin come Murray. I take drink, lay down, Zin come Murray. Murray, ah, lay down, Zin come Murray. I take drink lay down, Zin come Murray. Oh, poor Murray. Zin come Murray. I take drink, lay down, Zin come Murray.

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