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The Song Of The Bustard

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"Specimens of Bushman Folklore", by W.H.I. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd, [1911],

The Song Of The Bustard.

My younger brother-in-law,

Put my head in the fire.

My younger brother-in-law,

My younger brother-in-law,

Put my head in the fire.

When we startle it up, it flies away; it (cries): "Wara khau, wara khau, wara khau, khau khau, khau, wara khau, wara khau, wara khau, khau khau, khau!"

When it stands on the ground, it says: "A wa,a wa, a wa, a wa!" when it stands on the ground.

[1.
When the "Knorhaan Brandkop" was still a man, his head was thrust into the fire by his brother-in-law, in order to punish him for having surreptitiously married a sister. Since then he is only a bustard.]
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