Mythology & Folklore
The Little Negro Fly
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Dere's a liddle Nigger fly
Got a pretty liddle eye;
But he don't know 'is A, B, C's.
He up an' crawl de book,
An' he eben 'pears to look;
But he don't know 'is A, B, C's.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Little Negro Fly.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/305/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Little Negro Fly.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/305/.
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