Mythology & Folklore
What Will We Do for Bacon?
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
What will we do fer bacon now?
I'se shot, I'se shot de ole sandy sow!
She jumped de fence an' broke de rail;
An'--"Bam!"--I shot her on de tail.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “What Will We Do for Bacon?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/291/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “What Will We Do for Bacon?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/291/.
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