Mythology & Folklore
Un Belle Marie Coolie, or, Beautiful Marie, the East Indian
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Un belle Marie Coolie!
Un belle Marie Coolie!
Un belle Marie Coolie!
Vous belle dame, vous belle pour moi.
Papa est un African.
Mamma est un belle Coolie.
Un belle Marie Coolie!
Vous belle dame, vous belle pour moi.
Translation
Beautiful Marie, the East Indian!
Beautiful Marie, the East Indian!
Beautiful Marie, the East Indian!
You beautiful woman, you're good enough for me.
Papa is an African.
Mamma is a beautiful East Indian.
Beautiful Marie, the East Indian!
You beautiful woman, you're good enough for me.
Cite this poem
MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Un Belle Marie Coolie, or, Beautiful Marie, the East Indian.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/346/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Un Belle Marie Coolie, or, Beautiful Marie, the East Indian.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/346/.
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