Mythology & Folklore
The Nashville Ladies
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Dem Nashville ladies dress up fine.
Got longpail hoopskirts hanging down behīn'!
Got deir bonnets to deir shoulders an' deir noses in de sky!
Big pig! Liddle pig! Root hog, or die!
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Nashville Ladies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/146/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Nashville Ladies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/146/.
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