Mythology & Folklore
The Little Rooster
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
I had a liddle rooster,
He crowed befō' day.
'Long come a big owl,
An' toted him away.
But de rooster fight hard,
An' de owl let him go.
Now all de pretty hens
Wants dat rooster fer deir beau.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Little Rooster.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/39/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “The Little Rooster.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/39/.
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