Mythology & Folklore
Little Sister, Won't You Marry Me?
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Liddle sistah in de barn, jine de weddin'.
Youse de sweetest liddle couple dat I ever did see.
Oh Love! Love! Ahms all 'round me!
Say, liddle sistah, won't you marry me?
Oh step back, gal, an' don't you come a nigh me,
Wid all dem sassy words dat you say to me.
Oh Love! Love! Ahms all 'roun' me!
Oh liddle sistah, won't you marry me?
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Little Sister, Won't You Marry Me?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/117/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Little Sister, Won't You Marry Me?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/117/.
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