Mythology & Folklore
How to Get to Glory Land
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
If you wants to git to Glory Land,
I'll tell you what to do:
Jes grease yō' heels wid mutton sue,
W'en de Devil's atter you.
Jes grease yō' heel an' grease yō' han',
An' slip 'way--over into Glory Lan'.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “How to Get to Glory Land.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/127/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “How to Get to Glory Land.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/127/.
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