Mythology & Folklore
Deedle, Dumpling
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Deedle, deedle, dumplin'! My boy, Pete!
He went to bed wid his dirty feet.
Mammy laid a switch down on dat sheet!
Deedle, deedle, dumplin'! My boy, Pete!
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Deedle, Dumpling.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/259/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Deedle, Dumpling.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/259/.
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