Living
Don't Tell All You Know
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Living
Keep dis in min', an' all 'll go right;
As on yō' way you goes;
Be shore you knows 'bout all you tells,
But don't tell all you knows.
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Don't Tell All You Know.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/334/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Don't Tell All You Know.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/334/.
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