Mythology & Folklore
Bought Me a Wife
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Bought me a wife an' de wife please me,
I feeds my wife un'er yon'er tree.
My wife go: "Row-row!"
My guinea go: "Potrack! Potrack!"
My chicken go: "Gymsack! Gymsack!"
My duck go: "Quack-quack! Quack-quack!"
My dog go: "Bow-bow!"
My hoss go: "Whee-whee! Whee-whee!"
My cat go: "Fiddle-toe! Fiddle-toe!"
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Bought Me a Wife.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/215/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Bought Me a Wife.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/215/.
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