Mythology & Folklore
Simon Slick's Mule
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
Dere wus a liddle kickin' man,
His name wus Simon Slick.
He had a mule wid cherry eyes.
Oh, how dat mule could kick!
An', Suh, w'en you go up to him,
He shet one eye an' smile;
Den 'e telegram 'is foot to you,
An' sen' you half a mile!
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Simon Slick's Mule.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/64/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Simon Slick's Mule.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/64/.
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