Mythology & Folklore
My Baby
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
I'se de daddy of dis liddle black baby.
He's his mammy's onliest sweetest liddle Coon.
Got de look on de forehead lak his daddy,
Pretty eyes jes as big as de moon.
I'se de daddy of dis liddle black baby.
Yes, his mammy keep de "Sugar" rollin' over.
She feed him wid a tin cup an' a spoon;
An' he kick lak a pony eatin' clover.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “My Baby.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/277/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “My Baby.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/277/.
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