Mythology & Folklore
You Love Your Girl
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
You loves yō' gal?
Well, I loves mine.
Yō' gal hain't common?
Well, my gal's fine.
I loves my gal,
She hain't no goose--
Blacker 'an blackberries,
Sweeter 'an juice.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “You Love Your Girl.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/124/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “You Love Your Girl.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/124/.
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