Mythology & Folklore
Grasshopper Sitting on a Sweet Potato Vine
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Grasshopper a-settin' on a sweet tater vine,
'Long come a Blackbird an' nab him up behind.
Blackbird a-settin' in a sour apple tree;
Hawk grab him up behind; he "Chee! Chee! Chee!"
Big hawk a-settin' in de top of dat oak,
Start to eat dat Blackbird an' he git choke.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Grasshopper Sitting on a Sweet Potato Vine.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/263/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Grasshopper Sitting on a Sweet Potato Vine.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/263/.
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