Mythology & Folklore

Pretty Polly Ann

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

I'se gwineter marry, if I can.
I'se gwineter marry pretty Polly Ann.

I axed Polly Ann, fer to marry me.
She say she's a-lookin' fer a Nigger dat's free.

Pretty Polly Ann's jes dressed so fine!
I'll bet five dollars she hain't got a dime.

Pretty Polly Ann's jes a-puttin' on airs,
She won't notice me, but nobody cares.

I'll drop Polly Ann, a-lookin' lak a crane;
I 'spec's I'll marry Miss Lize Jane.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Pretty Polly Ann.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/211/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Pretty Polly Ann.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/211/.

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