Mythology & Folklore

I Wouldn't Marry a Yellow or a White Negro Girl

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Mythology & Folklore

I sho' loves dat gal dat dey calls Sally "Black,"
An' I sorter loves some of de res';
I first loves de gals fer lovin' me,
Den I loves myse'f de bes'.

I wouldn' marry dat yaller Nigger gal,
An' I'll tell you de reason why:
Her neck's drawed out so stringy an' long,
I'se afeared she 'ould never die.

I wouldn' marry dat White Nigger gal,
(Fer gracious sakes!) dis is why:
Her nose look lak a kittle spout;
An' her skin, it hain't never dry.

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I Wouldn't Marry a Yellow or a White Negro Girl.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/82/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “I Wouldn't Marry a Yellow or a White Negro Girl.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/82/.

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