Mythology & Folklore
In a Mulberry Tree
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Jes looky, looky yonder; w'at I see!
Two liddle Niggers in a Mulberry tree.
One cain't read, an' de t'other cain't write.
But dey bofe can smoke deir daddy's pipe.
"One ma two! One ma two!"
Dat Mulberry Witch, he titterer too.
"Big bait o' Mulberries make 'em bofe sick.
Dem liddle Niggers gwineter roll an' kick!"
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “In a Mulberry Tree.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/235/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “In a Mulberry Tree.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/235/.
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