Mythology & Folklore
He Paid Me Seven (Parody)
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
"Our Fadder, Which are in Heaben!"--
White man owe me leben and pay me seben.
"D'y Kingdom come! D'y Will be done!"--
An' if I hadn't tuck dat, I wouldn' git none.
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “He Paid Me Seven (Parody).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/178/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “He Paid Me Seven (Parody).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/178/.
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