Mythology & Folklore
Anchor Line
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
I'se gwine out on de Anchor Line, Dinah!
I won't git back 'fore de summer time, Dinah!
W'en I come back be "dead in line,"
I'se gwineter bring you a dollar an' a dime,
Shore as I gits in from de Anchor Line, Dinah!
If you loves me lak I loves you, Dinah!
No Coon can cut our love in two, Dinah!
If you'll jes come an' go wid me,
Come go wid me to Tennessee,
Come go wid me; I'll set you free,--Dinah!
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Anchor Line.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/113/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Anchor Line.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/113/.
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