Mythology & Folklore
Kept Busy
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Jes as soon as de sun go down,
My True-love's on my min'.
An' jes as soon as de daylight breaks
De white folks is got me a gwine.
She's de sweetes' thing in town;
An' when I sees dat Nig,
She make my heart go "pitty-pat,"
An' my head go "whirly-gig."
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Kept Busy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/154/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Kept Busy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/154/.
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