Mythology & Folklore
Washing Mamma's Dishes
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
When I wus a liddle boy
A-washin' my mammy's dishes,
I rund my finger down my th'oat
An' pulled out two big fishes!
When I wus a liddle boy
A-wipin' my mammy's dishes,
I sticked my finger in my eye
An' I shō' seed liddle fishes.
De big fish swallowed dem all up!
It put me jes a-thinkin'.
All dem things looks awful cu'ous!
I wonder wus I drinkin'?
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Washing Mamma's Dishes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/298/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Washing Mamma's Dishes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/298/.
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