Mythology & Folklore
Pretty Little Pink
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
My pretty liddle Pink,
I once did think,
Dat we-uns shō' would marry;
But I'se done give up,
Hain't got no hope,
I hain't got no time to tarry.
I'll drink coffee dat flows,
From oaks dat grows,
'Long de river dat flows wid brandy.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Pretty Little Pink.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/186/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Pretty Little Pink.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/186/.
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