Mythology & Folklore
The Mule's Kick
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Is dis me, or not me,
Or is de Devil got me?
Wus dat a muskit shot me?
Is I laid here more'n a week?--
Dat ole mule do kick amazin',
An' I 'spec's he's now a-grazin'
On de t'other side de creek.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Mule's Kick.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/130/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Mule's Kick.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/130/.
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