Mythology & Folklore
Butterfly
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Pretty liddle butterfly, yaller as de gold,
My sweet liddle butterfly, you shō' is mighty bold.
You can dance out in de sun, you can fly up high,
But you know I'se bound to git you, yet, my liddle butterfly.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Butterfly.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/283/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Butterfly.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/283/.
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