Mythology & Folklore
Taking a Walk
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
We's a-walkin' in de green grass dust, dust, dust.
We's a-walkin' in de green grass dust.
If you's jes as sweet as I thinks you to be,
I'll take you by yō' liddle hand to walk wid me.
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Taking a Walk.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/286/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Taking a Walk.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/286/.
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