Mythology & Folklore
Blessing Without Company
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Oh Lawd have mussy now upon us,
An' keep 'way some our neighbors from us.
For w'en dey all comes down upon us,
Dey eats mōs' all our victuals from us.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Blessing Without Company.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/316/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Blessing Without Company.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/316/.
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