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Mythology & Folklore

Raw Head and Bloody Bones

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

Don't talk! Go to sleep!
Eyes shet an' don't you peep!
Keep still, or he jes moans:
"Raw Head an' Bloody Bones!"

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MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Raw Head and Bloody Bones.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/265/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Raw Head and Bloody Bones.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/265/.

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