Living
Mooney and Blacky
From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)
Living
To Mooney and her baby,
Shut in the corner lot,
I'll carry a cooling pailful,
For the day is close and hot.
But Blacky and Snow can help themselves
At the brook as well as not.
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MLA
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Mooney and Blacky.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/33/.
Chicago
Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Mooney and Blacky.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/33/.
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