Mythology & Folklore
Looking for a Fight
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
I went down town de yudder night,
A-raisin' san' an' a-wantin' a fight.
Had a forty dollar razzer, an' a gatlin' gun,
Fer to shoot dem Niggers down one by one.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Looking for a Fight.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/174/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Looking for a Fight.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/174/.
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