Mythology & Folklore
Hawk and Chickens Play
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
Mythology & Folklore
(Chicken's Call) "Chickamee, chickamee, cranie-crow."
I went to de well to wash my toe.
W'en I come back, my chicken wus gone.
W'at time, ole Witch?
(Hawk Sponse) "One"
(Hawk Call) "I wants a chick."
(Chicken's Sponse) "Well, you cain't git mine."
(Hawk Call) "I shall have a chick!"
(Chicken's Sponse) "You shan't have a chick!"
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MLA
Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Hawk and Chickens Play.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/94/.
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Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Hawk and Chickens Play.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/94/.
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