Mythology & Folklore
The College Ox
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Ole Ox! Ole Ox! How'd you come up here?
You'se shō' plowed de cotton fields for many a, many a year.
You'se been kicked an' cuffed about wid heaps an' heaps abuse.
Now! Now, you comes up here fer some sort o' College use.
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The College Ox.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/161/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The College Ox.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/161/.
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