Mythology & Folklore

I'll Eat When I'm Hungry

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

I'll eat when I'se hongry,
An' I'll drink when I'se dry;
An' if de whitefolks don't kill me,
I'll live till I die.

In my liddle log cabin,
Ever since I'se been born;
Dere hain't been no nothin'
'Cept dat hard salt parch corn.

But I knows whar's a henhouse,
An' de tucky he charve;
An' if ole Mosser don't kill me,
I cain't never starve.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I'll Eat When I'm Hungry.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/166/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I'll Eat When I'm Hungry.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/166/.

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