"'Dat's you!' sezee; 'git erhead!' sezee. 'Now we're gwine it!' sezee;
an' pres'nly Nancy Jane O shot erhead clean befo' all de res', an' wen
de birds dey seed dat de race wuz los', den dey all 'gun ter holler,
"'Who on-tied, who on-tied Po' Nancy Jane O?'
An' de frog, he turnt roun,' he did, an' he wave his han' roun' his
head, an' he holler back,
"'Pig-un-a-wa-ya, Pig-un-a-wa-ya, hooo-hooo!'
"Atter Nancy Jane O got erhead er de birds, den de hardes' flyin' wuz
thu wid; so she jes went 'long, an' went 'long, kin' er easy like,
tell she got ter de stone; an' she lit on er' simmon-bush close ter de
crick, an' Pigunawaya he slipt off, he did, an' he hist up his feet,
an' he gin er jump, kerchug he went down inter de water; an' by'mby
hyear he come wid de stone in his mouf. Den he mount on Nancy Jane O,
he did; an', mun, she wuz so proud, she an' de frog bof, tell dey flew
all roun' an' roun', an' Nancy Jane O, she 'gun ter sing,
"'Who on-tied, who on-tied Po' Nancy Jane O?'
An' de frog he ans'er back,
"'Pig-un-a-wa-ya, Pig-un-a-wa-ya, hooo-hooo!'
"An' wile dey wuz er singing' an' er j'yin' uv deyselves, hyear come
de birds; an' de frog he felt so big, caze he'd got de stone, tell he
stood up on Nancy Jane O's back, he did, an' he tuck'n shuck de stone
at de birds, an' holler at 'em,
"'O Pig-un-a-wa-ya, Pig-un-a-wa-ya, hoo-hooo!'
An' jes ez he said dat, he felt hisse'f slippin', an' dat made him
clutch on ter Po' Nancy Jane O, an' down dey bof' went tergedder
kersplash, right inter de crick.
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