Mythology & Folklore

I Went Down the Road

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

I went down de road,
I went in a whoop;
An' I met Aunt Dinah
Wid a chicken pot o' soup.
Sing: "I went away from dar; hook-a-doo-dle, hook-a-doo-dle."
"I went away from dar; hook-a-doo-dle-doo!"
I drunk up dat soup,
An' I let her go by;
An' I tōl' her nex' time
To bring Missus' pot pie.
Sing: "Oh far'-you-well; hook-a-doo-dle, hook-a-doo-dle;
Oh far'-you-well, an' a hook-a-doo-dle-doo!"

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I Went Down the Road.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/67/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I Went Down the Road.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/67/.

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