Mythology & Folklore
Children's Seating Rhyme
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
You set outside, an' ketch de cow-hide.
I'll set in de middle, an' play de gol' fiddle.
You set 'round about, an' git scrouged out.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Children's Seating Rhyme.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/276/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Children's Seating Rhyme.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/276/.
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