Mythology & Folklore

I'll Get You, Rabbit!

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

Rabbit! Rabbit! You'se got a mighty habit,
A-runnin' through de grass,
Eatin' up my cabbages;
But I'll git you shore at las'.

Rabbit! Rabbit! Ole rabbit in de bottoms,
A-playin' in de san',
By to-morrow mornin',
You'll be in my fryin' pan.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I'll Get You, Rabbit!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/170/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I'll Get You, Rabbit!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/170/.

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