Mythology & Folklore
Watermelon Preferred
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Dat hambone an' chicken are sweet.
Dat 'possum meat are sholy fine.
But give me,--now don't you cheat!--
(Oh, I jes wish you would give me!)
Dat watermillion, smilin' on de vine.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Watermelon Preferred.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/156/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Watermelon Preferred.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/156/.
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