Mythology & Folklore
I Walked the Roads
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Well: I walked de roads, till de roads git muddy.
I talked to dat pretty gal, till I couldn' stan' study.
Den: I say: "Love me liddle," I say; "Love me long."
I say: "Let dat liddle be 'doggone' strong!
For, shore as dat rat runs 'cross de rafter,
So shore you'se de gal, you'se de gal I'se after."
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I Walked the Roads.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/207/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I Walked the Roads.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/207/.
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