Mythology & Folklore
Old Gray Mink
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
I once did think dat I would sink,
But you know I wus dat ole gray mink.
Dat ole gray mink jes couldn' die,
W'en he thought about good chicken pie.
He swum dat creek above de mill,
An' he's killing an' eatin' chicken still.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Old Gray Mink.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/45/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Old Gray Mink.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/45/.
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