Mythology & Folklore
Kissing Song
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
A sleish o' bread an' butter fried,
Is good enough fer yō' sweet Bride.
Now choose yō' Lover, w'ile we sing,
An' call 'er nex' onto de ring.
"Oh my Love, how I loves you!
Nothin' 's in dis worl' above you.
Dis right han', fersake it never.
Dis heart, you mus' keep forever.
One sweet kiss, I now takes from you;
Caze I'se gwine away to leave you."
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Kissing Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/107/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Kissing Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/107/.
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