Mythology & Folklore

Coffee Grows on White Folks' Trees

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

Coffee grows on w'ite folks' trees,
But de Nigger can git dat w'en he please.
De w'ite folks loves deir milk an' brandy,
But dat black gal's sweeter dan 'lasses candy.

Coffee grows on w'ite folks trees,
An' dere's a river dat runs wid milk an' brandy.
De rocks is broke an' filled wid gold,
So dat yaller gal loves dat high-hat dandy.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Coffee Grows on White Folks' Trees.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/148/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Coffee Grows on White Folks' Trees.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/148/.

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