Mythology & Folklore
A Budget
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
If I lives to see nex' Spring
I'se gwineter buy my wife a big gold ring.
If I lives to see nex' Fall,
I'se gwinter buy my wife a waterfall.
"When Christmas comes?" You cunnin' elf!
I'se gwineter spen' my money on myself.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Budget.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/103/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Budget.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/103/.
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