Mythology & Folklore
Stealing a Ride
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Two liddle Nigger boys as black as tar,
Tryin' to go to Heaben on a railroad chyar.
Off fall Nigger boys on a cross-tie!
Dey's gwineter git to Heaben shore bye-an'-bye.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Stealing a Ride.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/297/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Stealing a Ride.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/297/.
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