Mythology & Folklore
Green Oak Tree! Rocky'o
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Green oak tree! Rocky'o! Green oak tree! Rocky'o!
Call dat one you loves, who it may be,
To come an' set by de side o' me.
"Will you hug 'im once an' kiss 'im twice?"
"W'y! I wouldn' kiss 'im once fer to save 'is life!"
Green oak tree! Rocky'o! Green oak tree! Rocky'o!
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Green Oak Tree! Rocky'o.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/106/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Green Oak Tree! Rocky'o.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/106/.
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