Social Commentaries
The Thrifty Slave
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Social Commentaries
Jes wuk all day,
Den go huntin' in de wood.
Ef you cain't ketch nothin',
Den you hain't no good.
Don't look at Mosser's chickens,
Caze dey're roostin' high.
Big pig, liddle pig, root hog or die!
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Thrifty Slave.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/122/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Thrifty Slave.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/122/.
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