Mythology & Folklore
Joe and Malinda Jane
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Ole Joe jes swore upon 'is life
He'd make Merlindy Jane 'is wife.
W'en she hear 'im up 'is love an' tell,
She jumped in a bar'l o' mussel shell.
She scrape 'er back till de skin come off.
Nex' day she die wid de Whoopin' Cough.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Joe and Malinda Jane.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/4/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Joe and Malinda Jane.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/4/.
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