Mythology & Folklore
To Win a Yellow Girl
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
If you wants to win a yaller gal,
I tell you what you do;
You "borrow" Mosser's Beaver hat,
An' slip on his Long-tailed Blue.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “To Win a Yellow Girl.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/141/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “To Win a Yellow Girl.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/141/.
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