Mythology & Folklore

I Would Not Marry a Black Girl

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

I wouldn' marry a black gal,
I'll tell you de reason why:
When she goes to comb dat head
De naps'll 'gin to fly.

I wouldn' marry a black gal,
I'll tell you why I won't:
When she'd oughter wash her face--
Well, I'll jes say she don't.

I woudn' marry a black gal,
An' dis is why I say:
When you has her face around,
It never gits good day.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I Would Not Marry a Black Girl.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/75/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I Would Not Marry a Black Girl.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/75/.

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