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Frog in a Mill (Guinea or Ebo Rhyme)

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

Once dere wus er frog dat lived in er mill.
He had er raker don la bottom o' la kimebo
Kimebo, nayro, dilldo, kiro
Stimstam, formididdle, all-a-board la rake;
Wid er raker don la bottom o' la kimebo.

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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Frog in a Mill (Guinea or Ebo Rhyme).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/249/.

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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Frog in a Mill (Guinea or Ebo Rhyme).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/249/.

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