Mythology & Folklore
Our Old Mule
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
We had an ole mule an' he wouldn' go "gee";
So I knocked 'im down wid a single-tree.
To daddy dis wus some mighty bad news,
So he made me jump up an' outrun de Jews.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Our Old Mule.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/160/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Our Old Mule.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/160/.
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