Mythology & Folklore
A Strange Family
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Once dere's an ole 'oman dat lived in de Wes'.
She had two gals of de very bes'.
One wus older dan de t'other,
T'other's older dan her mother,
An' dey're all deir own gran'mother.
Can you guess?
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Strange Family.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/257/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Strange Family.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/257/.
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