Mythology & Folklore
A Tom Cat
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
My father had a big Tom cat,
That tried to play a fiddle.
He struck it here, and he struck it there,
And he struck it in the middle.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Tom Cat.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/347/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Tom Cat.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/347/.
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