Part 1 — XXX. CHICKEN-HAWK.
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Once a lady have t'ree daughter. One of the daughter, the youngest one, born with a gold teet'. The other sisters h'ard of the teet' an' ask their sister to show them the teet', but she never would show them.
One day they get Monkey an' Goat to come an' dance to let the sister laugh. They make all sort of mechanic. She never laugh all the dance Monkey an' Goat was dancing.
Those other two pay her so much to see the teet'. She won't show them.
So the second sister tell the big one say:—"Sister, let we go make bargain with Chicken-hawk to try if we can see the teet'."
So they did go an' see Chicken-hawk about it an' pay Chicken-hawk so much.
The day come when they fix up to go to the river.
Chicken-hawk was on a tree.
So they gone to swim for a long time, the big sister them swimming an' laughing in the water for the little one to laugh for them to see the teet', but she never laugh.
During that time Chicken-hawk took up all three of them clothes an' gone on a high tree where them can see him.
When the sister know that Chicken-hawk took the clothes they came out of the water all t'ree of them.
All the clothes was gone.
The first sister commence fe sing:—
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Chicken-hahk oh! Chicken-hahk oh! give me me frock. Chicken-hahk oh! Chicken-hahk oh! Chicken-hahk!
An' Chicken-hawk bring come.
The next sister do the same an' get her frock.
Here comes the youngest one. She shut up her mouth an' was calling from her t'roat:—
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Hm hm hm hm hm hm
Chicken-hawk never give her.
When the big sister see that she won't call for them to see the teet' they leave her, an' she become 'fraid an' call out:—
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Chicken-hahk oh! Chicken-hahk oh! give me me frock. Chicken-hahk oh! Chicken-hahk oh! Chicken-hahk!
An' the big sister run come an see the golden teet' an' was so glad.
They go home an' tell their mother that we have gain the battle an' have seen the gold teet'.
From that day we see gold teet' until now.
NOTES.
mechanic, antics.
so much, a sum of money.