Mythology & Folklore
Die in the Pig-Pen Fighting
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Dat ole sow said to de barrer:
"I'll tell you w'at let's do:
Let's go an' git dat broad-axe
And die in de pig-pen too."
"Die in de pig-pen fightin'!
Yes, die, die in de wah!
Die in de pig-pen fightin',
Yes, die wid a bitin' jaw!"
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Die in the Pig-Pen Fighting.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/54/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Die in the Pig-Pen Fighting.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/54/.
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