Mythology & Folklore
Bad Features
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Blue gums an' black eyes;
Run 'round an' tell lies.
Liddle head, liddle wit;
Big long head, not a bit.
Wid his long crooked toes,
An' his heel right roun';
Dat flat-footed Nigger
Make a hole in de groun'.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Bad Features.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/135/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Bad Features.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/135/.
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