Mythology & Folklore
Sheep and Goat
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Sheep an' goat gwine to de paster;
Says de goat to de sheep: "Cain't you walk a liddle faster?"
De sheep says: "I cain't, I'se a liddle too full."
Den de goat say: "You can wid my ho'ns in yō' wool."
But de goat fall down an' skin 'is shin
An' de sheep split 'is lip wid a big broad grin.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Sheep and Goat.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/24/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Sheep and Goat.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/24/.
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