Mythology & Folklore
Pig Tail
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Run boys, run!
De pig tail's done.
If you don't come quick,
You won't git none.
Pig ham's dere,
Lakwise middlin's square;
But dese great big parts
Hain't no Nigger's bes' fare.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Pig Tail.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/226/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Pig Tail.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/226/.
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