Mythology & Folklore
Aunt Jemima
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Ole Aunt Jemima grow so tall,
Dat she couldn' see de groun'.
She stumped her toe, an' down she fell
From de Blackwoods clean to town.
W'en Aunt Jemima git in town,
An' see dem "tony" ways,
She natchully faint an' back she fell
To de Backwoods whar she stays.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Aunt Jemima.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/149/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Aunt Jemima.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/149/.
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