Mythology & Folklore
Uncle Jerry Fants
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Has you heared 'bout Uncle Jerry Fants?
He's got on some cu'ious shapes.
He's de one what w'ars dem white duck pants,
An' he sot down on a bunch o' grapes.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Uncle Jerry Fants.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/153/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Uncle Jerry Fants.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/153/.
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