Mythology & Folklore

Bullfrog Put on the Soldier Clothes

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

Bullfrog put on de soldier clo's.
He went down yonder fer to shoot at de crows;
Wid a knife an' a fo'k between 'is toes,
An' a white hankcher fer to wipe 'is nose.

Bullfrog put on de soldier clo's.
He's a "dead shore shot," gwineter kill dem crows.
He takes "Pot," an' "Skillet" from de Fiddler's Ball.
Dey're to dance a liddle jig while Jim Crow fall.

Bullfrog put on de soldier clo's.
He went down de river fer to shoot at de crows.
De powder flash, an' de crows fly 'way;
An' de Bullfrog shoot at 'em all nex' day.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Bullfrog Put on the Soldier Clothes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/28/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Bullfrog Put on the Soldier Clothes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/28/.

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