Mythology & Folklore
Two Sick Negro Boys
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Two liddle Niggers sick in bed,
One jumped up an' bumped his head.
W'en de Doctah come he simpully said:
"Jes feed dat boy on shorten' bread."
T'other liddle Nigger sick in bed,
W'en he hear tell o' shorten' bread,
Popped up all well. He dance an' sing!
He almos' cut dat Pigeon's Wing!
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Two Sick Negro Boys.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/262/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Two Sick Negro Boys.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/262/.
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