Mythology & Folklore

A Sick Wife

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

Las' Sadday night my wife tuck sick,
An' what d'you reckon ail her?
She e't a tucky gobbler's head
An' her stomach, it jes' fail her.

She squall out: "Sam, bring me some mint!
Make catnip up an' sage tea!"
I goes an' gits her all dem things,
But she throw 'em back right to me.

Says I: "Dear Honey! Mind nex' time!"
"Don't eat from 'A to Izzard'"
"I thinks you won' git sick at all,
If you saves pō' me de gizzard."

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Sick Wife.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/73/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “A Sick Wife.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/73/.

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