Mythology & Folklore
T-U-Turkey
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
T-u, tucky, T-u, ti.
T-u, tucky, buzzard's eye.
T-u, tucky, T-u, ting.
T-u, tucky, buzzard's wing.
Oh, Mistah Washin'ton! Don't whoop me,
Whoop dat Nigger Back 'hind dat tree.
He stole tucky, I didn' steal none.
Go wuk him in de co'n field jes fer fun.
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “T-U-Turkey.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/9/.
Chicago
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “T-U-Turkey.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/9/.
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