Mythology & Folklore
Buck and Berry
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Buck an' Berry run a race,
Buck fall down an' skin his face.
Buck an' Berry in a stall;
Buck, he try to eat it all.
Buck, he e't too much, you see.
So he died wid choleree.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Buck and Berry.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/260/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Buck and Berry.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/260/.
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