Mythology & Folklore

Nobody Looking

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

Well: I look dis a way, an' I look dat a way,
An' I heared a mighty rumblin'.
W'en I come to find out, 'twus dad's black sow,
A-rootin' an' a-grumblin'.

Den: I slipped away down to de big White House.
Miss Sallie, she done gone 'way.
I popped myse'f in de rockin' chear,
An' I rocked myse'f all day.

Now: I looked dis a way, an' I looked dat a way,
An' I didn' see nobody in here.
I jes run'd my head in de coffee pot,
An' I drink'd up all o' de beer.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Nobody Looking.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/65/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Nobody Looking.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/65/.

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