Mythology & Folklore
Chuck Will's Widow Song
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Oh nimber, nimber Will-o!
My crooked, crooked bill-o!
I'se settin' down right now, on
de sweet pertater hill-o.
Oh nimber, nimber Will-o!
My crooked, crooked bill-o!
Two liddle naked babies, my two
brown aigs now fill-o.
Oh nimber, nimber Will-o!
My crooked, crooked bill-o!
Don't hurt de liddle babies; dey
is too sweet to kill-o.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Chuck Will's Widow Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/232/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Chuck Will's Widow Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/232/.
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