Mythology & Folklore
Sallie
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Sallie! Sallie! don't you want to marry?
Sallie! Sallie! do come an' tarry!
Sallie! Sallie! Mammy says to tell her when.
Sallie! Sallie! She's gwineter kill dat turkey hen!
Sallie! Sallie! When you goes to marry,
(Sallie! Sallie!) Marry a fahmin man(!)
(Sallie! Sallie!) Ev'ry day'll be Mond'y,
(Sallie! Sallie!) Wid a hoe-handle in yō' han'!
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Sallie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/114/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Sallie.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/114/.
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