Mythology & Folklore
Two Times One
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Two times one is two.
Won't you jes keep still till I gits through?
Three times three is nine.
You 'tend to yō' business, an' I'll 'tend to mine.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Two Times One.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/177/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Two Times One.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/177/.
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