* "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.]