Mythology & Folklore
Still Water Creek
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
'Way down yon'er on Still Water Creek,
I got stalded an' stayed a week.
I see'd Injun Puddin and Punkin pie,
But de black cat stick 'em in de yaller cat's eye.
'Way down yon'er on Still Water Creek,
De Niggers grows up some ten or twelve feet.
Dey goes to bed but dere hain't no use,
Caze deir feet sticks out fer de chickens t' roost.
I got hongry on Still Water Creek,
De mud to de hub an' de hoss britchin weak.
I stewed bullfrog chitlins, baked polecat pie;
If I goes back dar, I shō's gwine to die.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Still Water Creek.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/2/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Still Water Creek.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/2/.
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