Mythology & Folklore
Awful Harbingers
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
W'en de big owl whoops,
An' de screech owl screeks,
An' de win' makes a howlin' sound;
You liddle wooly heads
Had better kiver up,
Caze de "hants" is comin' 'round.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Awful Harbingers.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/219/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Awful Harbingers.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/219/.
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