Mythology & Folklore
Wild Negro Bill
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
I'se wild Nigger Bill
Frum Redpepper Hill.
I never did wo'k, an' I never will.
I'se done killed de Boss.
I'se knocked down de hoss.
I eats up raw goose widout apple sauce!
I'se Run-a-way Bill,
I knows dey mought kill;
But ole Mosser hain't cotch me, an' he never will!
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Wild Negro Bill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/123/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Wild Negro Bill.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/123/.
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