Mythology & Folklore
A Short Letter
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
She writ me a letter
As long as my eye.
An' she say in dat letter:
"My Honey!--Good-by!"
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Short Letter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/164/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Short Letter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/164/.
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