Mythology & Folklore
The Last of Jack
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
I had a liddle dog, his name wus Jack;
He run forty mile 'fore he look back.
W'en he look back, he fall in a crack;
W'en he fall in a crack, he break 'is back;
An' dat wus de las' o' poor liddle Jack.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Last of Jack.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/220/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Last of Jack.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/220/.
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