Mythology & Folklore
The Newly Weds
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
First Mont': "Set down in my cabin, Honey!"
Nex' Mont': "Stan' up, my Pie."
Third Mont': "You go to wuk, you Wench!
You well to wuk as I!"
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Newly Weds.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/213/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Newly Weds.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/213/.
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