Mythology & Folklore
Are You Careful?
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Is you keerful; w'en you goes down de street,
To see dat yō' cloze looks nice an' neat?
Does you watch yō' liddle step 'long de way,
An' think 'bout dem words dat you say?
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Are You Careful?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/312/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Are You Careful?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/312/.
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