Mythology & Folklore
Mud-Log Pond
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
As I stepped down by de Mud-log pon',
I seed dat bullfrog wid his shoe-boots on.
His eyes wus glass, an' his heels wus brass;
An' I give him a dollar fer to let me pass.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Mud-Log Pond.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/290/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Mud-Log Pond.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/290/.
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