Mythology & Folklore
Negro Baker Man
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Patty cake! Patty cake! Nigger Baker man.
Missus an' Mosser gwineter ketch 'im if dey can.
Put de liddle Nigger in Mosser's dish pan,
An' scrub 'im off good fer de ole San' Man.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Negro Baker Man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/228/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Negro Baker Man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/228/.
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