“Checky checky knock umbar,
Checky checky knock umbar,
Checky checky knock umbar.”
The door don’t open without that song now, and when it open, the mamma
go into the house.
At that time, Tiger in the bush listening to the song. So one day while
she was away, hear time for her to come home, Tiger approach the spot
where she always sing. He now in a very coarse voice sings the song,—
“Tom Jones, Tom Jones, Tom Jones!”
The girl look from the window, said, “Tiger, a who no know sa’ a you!”
So now Tiger go ’way an’ hide till mamma come. When she come, he listen
good. Next day, Tiger go to a blacksmith an’ ask de blacksmith what he
t’ink can give him, Tiger, a clear v’ice. De blacksmit’ say he must hot
a long iron an’ when it hot, mus’ take it push down his t’roat. An’ de
blacksmit’ give him a bit of meat to eat after he burn the throat an’
that will give him a clear v’ice. So Tiger go away eat de meat first
an’ den burn de t’roat after. Nex’ day he went to the spot where the
woman always sing from. An’ that make his v’ice more coarser. He sing
now—
“Tom Jones, Tom Jones, Tom Jones!”
The girl look thru the window an’ say, “Cho! a who no know sa’ a you!”
So Tiger got vex’ now, an’ he went home, burn the throat first and
afterward eat the meat, and that give him a clearer v’ice than the
woman. The nex’ day, when most time for the woman to come home from her
work, Tiger went to the spot where he can see the house. He begin to
sing,
“Tom Jones, Tom Jones, Tom Jones!”