Mythology & Folklore

Molly Cottontail, or, Graveyard Rabbit

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

Ole Molly Cottontail,
At night, w'en de moon's pale;
You don't fail to tu'n tail,
You always gives me leg bail.

Molly in de Bramble-brier,
Let me git a little nigher;
Prickly-pear, it sting lak fire!
Do please come pick out de brier!

Molly in de pale moonlight,
Yō' tail is shō a pretty white;
You takes it fer 'way out'n sight.
"Molly! Molly! Molly Bright!"

Ole Molly Cottontail,
You sets up on a rotten rail!
You tears through de graveyard!
You makes dem ugly hants wail.

Ole Molly Cottontail,
Won't you be shore not to fail
To give me yō' right hīn' foot?
My luck, it won't be fer sale.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Molly Cottontail, or, Graveyard Rabbit.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/11/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Molly Cottontail, or, Graveyard Rabbit.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/11/.

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