Mythology & Folklore
Mother Says I Am Six Years Old
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
My mammy says dat I'se too young
To go to Church an' pray;
But she don't know how bad I is
W'en she's been gone away.
My mammy says I'se six years old,
My daddy says I'se seben.
Dat's all right how old I is,
Jes since I'se a gwine to Heaben.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Mother Says I Am Six Years Old.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/244/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Mother Says I Am Six Years Old.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/244/.
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