Mythology & Folklore
The Courting Boy
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
W'en I wus a liddle boy,
Jes fifteen inches high;
De way I court de pretty gals,
It make de ole folks cry.
De geese swim in de middle pon'.
De ducks fly 'cross de clover.
Run an' tell dem pretty gals,
Dat I'se a-comin' over.
Ho! Marindie! Ho!
Ho! Missindie! Ho!
Ho! Malindie! Ho! my gal!
I'se gwine now to see ole Sal.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Courting Boy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/210/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Courting Boy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/210/.
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