Mythology & Folklore
Why the Woodpecker's Head Is Red
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Bill Dillix say to dat woodpecker bird:
"W'at makes yō' topknot red?"
Says he: "I'se picked in de red-hot sun,
Till it's done burnt my head."
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Why the Woodpecker's Head Is Red.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/314/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Why the Woodpecker's Head Is Red.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/314/.
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