Mythology & Folklore

Tree Frogs (Guinea or Ebo Rhyme)

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

Shool! Shool! Shool! I rule!
Shool! Shool! Shool! I rule!
Shool! Shacker-rack!
I shool bubba cool.

Seller! Beller eel!
Fust to ma tree'l
Just came er bubba.
Buska! Buska-reel!

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Tree Frogs (Guinea or Ebo Rhyme).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/251/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Tree Frogs (Guinea or Ebo Rhyme).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/251/.

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