Mythology & Folklore
As I Went to Shiloh
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
As I went down
To Shiloh Town;
I rolled my barrel of Sogrum down.
Dem lasses rolled;
An' de hoops, dey bust;
An' blowed dis Nigger clear to Thundergust!
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “As I Went to Shiloh.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/18/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “As I Went to Shiloh.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/18/.
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