Mythology & Folklore
This Sun Is Hot
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Dis sun are hot,
Dis hoe are heavy,
Dis grass grow furder dan I can reach;
An' as I looks
At dis Cotton fiel',
I thinks I mus' 'a' been called to preach.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “This Sun Is Hot.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/152/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “This Sun Is Hot.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/152/.
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