“You bull, you bull, you bull,
Why you tell the girl
Me name Grandy Beard-o?”
Bull said,
“A ring ding ding, mamma, ring ding ding;
A ring ding, ding, mamma, ring ding ding;
Damme, me tell ’m!”
The old lady gripped the bull and tossed him in the air. The bull
dropped; nothing happened. The bull tossed her in the air now, and she
dropped; one leg broken. She tossed the bull again; the bull came down
unhurt. The bull tossed her up again; she came down, another leg was
broken.
She tossed the bull; nothing happened. The bull tossed her; she came
down, one arm broken. She tossed the bull again; the bull came down
unhurt. The bull tossed her again; she came down, the other arm was
broken.
She tossed the bull again; the bull came down unhurt. The last toss the
bull made, her neck broke. That was the end of her. The girl became
mistress of all she possessed, and that is why the land goes from hand
to hand in legacy up to to-day.
Jack man dory!
b. Julia Gentle, Malvern, Santa Cruz Mountains.
A very bad woman have only one daughter an’ say, “Go to the river for
water an’ when you come back, if you cannot tell my name I will destroy
you.” When him goin’ fe water see Crab. An’ Crab axin’ where him go.
An’ say, “Grandy sen’ me go a river fe water an’ say when me come back,
if me cannot tell him name, her will kill me.” The Crab tell him say,
“When you go, tell her dat her name Grandy Do-an-do.”
So when she come back, she forget the name. An’ she say mus’ kill him,
so dash away the water an’ send him back. Then when she go back, the
Crab say, “Sing it all the way!” Then when the girl go back she sing,
“You name Grandy-do-an-do.
You name Grandy-do-an-do.”
Then the woman mad when she hear it an’ she travel. An’ she meet Cow,
an’ say,
“You Cow, a you tell de girl a name Grandy Do-an-do?”
Cow say,
“No, no me tell him so you name Grandy Do-an-do!”
She travel an’ she meet Sheep, an’ say,
“You Sheep, a you tell de girl a name Grandy Do-an-do?”
Sheep say,
“No, no me tell him so you name Grandy Do-an-do!”
Meet Horse, say,
“You Horse, a you tell de girl me name Grandy Do-an-do?”
Horse say,
“No, no me tell him so you name Grandy Do-an-do!”
Meet Duck, say,
“You Duck, a you tell de girl a name Grandy Do-an-do?”
Duck say,
“No, no me tell him so you name Grandy Do-an-do!”
Meet Crab, say,
“You Crab, a you tell de girl a name Grandy Do-an-do?”
Crab say,
“Yes, a me tell him a you name Grandy Do-an-do!”
An’ tak de machete an’ chop after de Crab, an’ Crab sink in de hole an’
stay in de hole till now.