Living
Still Water Runs Deep
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Living
Dat still water, it run deep.
Dat shaller water prattle.
Dat tongue, hung in a holler head,
Jes roll 'round an' rattle.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Still Water Runs Deep.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/333/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Still Water Runs Deep.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/333/.
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