Social Commentaries
Going to Be Good Slaves
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Social Commentaries
Ole Mosser an' Missus has gone down to town,
Dey said dey'd git us somethin' an' dat hain't no jokes.
I'se gwineter be good all de whilst dey're all 'way,
An' I'se gwineter wear stockin's jes lak de white folks.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Going to Be Good Slaves.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/139/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Going to Be Good Slaves.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/139/.
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