Mythology & Folklore
Love Is Just a Thing of Fancy
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Love is jes a thing o' fancy,
Beauty's jes a blossom;
If you wants to git yō' finger bit,
Stick it at a 'possum.
Beauty, it's jes skin deep;
Ugly, it's to de bone.
Beauty, it'll jes fade 'way;
But Ugly'll hōl' 'er own.
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Love Is Just a Thing of Fancy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/1/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Love Is Just a Thing of Fancy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/1/.
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