Mythology & Folklore
Crooked Nose Jane
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
I courted a gal down de lane.
Her name, it wus Crooked Nose Jane.
Her face wus white speckled, her lips wus all red,
An' she look jes as lean as a weasel half-fed.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Crooked Nose Jane.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/134/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Crooked Nose Jane.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/134/.
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