Mythology & Folklore

Go to Bed

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

De wood's in de kitchen.
De hoss's in de shed.
You liddle Niggers
Had better go to bed.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Go to Bed.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/267/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Go to Bed.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/267/.

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