Mythology & Folklore
A Request to Sell
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Gwineter ax my daddy to sell ole Rose,
So's I can git me some new clō's.
Gwineter ax my daddy to sell ole Nat,
So's I can git a bran' new hat.
Gwineter ax my daddy to sell ole Bruise,
Den I can git some Brogran shoes.
Now, I'se gwineter fix myse'f "jes so,"
An' take myse'f down to Big Shiloh.
I'se gwine right down to Big Shiloh
To take dat t'other Nigger's beau.
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Request to Sell.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/180/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Request to Sell.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/180/.
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