Mythology & Folklore

Down in the Lonesome Garden

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

Hain't no use to weep, hain't no use to moan;
Down in a lonesome gyardin.
You cain't git no meat widout pickin' up a bone,
Down in a lonesome gyardin.

Look at dat gal! How she puts on airs,
Down in de lonesome gyardin!
But whar did she git dem closes she w'ars,
Down in de lonesome gyardin?

It hain't gwineter rain, an' it hain't gwineter snow;
Down in my lonesome gyardin.
You hain't gwinter eat in my kitchen doo',
Nor down in my lonesome gyardin.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Down in the Lonesome Garden.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/116/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Down in the Lonesome Garden.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/116/.

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