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Poems by Thomas W. Talley

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Talley, Thomas W.

o "Let's Marry" Courtship from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o "They Steal" Gossip from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o "Would Be" Immigrant, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry

o 'Possum Up The Gum Stump from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o A, B, C from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Alabama Way, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Anchor Line from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Animal Attire from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Animal Fair from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Antebellum Courtship Inquiry from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Antebellum Marriage Proposal from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Are You Careful? from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Ark, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o As I Went To Shiloh from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Aspiration from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Aunt Dinah Drunk from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Aunt Jemima from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Awful Harbingers from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Baa! Baa! Black Sheep from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Baby Wants Cherries from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Bad Features from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Banjo Picking, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Bat! Bat! from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Bedbug from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Bitter Lovers' Quarrel--One Side, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Black-Eyed Peas For Luck from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Blessing from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Blindfold Play Chant from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Bob-White's Song from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Bought Me A Wife from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Married Life Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Brag And Boast from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Bridle Up A Rat from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Bring On Your Hot Corn from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Brother Ben And Sister Sal from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Buck And Berry from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Buck-Eyed Rabbit! Whoopee! from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Budget, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Bullfrog Put On The Soldier Clothes from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Buscher Garden from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Butterfly from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Byanswahn-Byanswahn, or A Boat Song from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Captain Coon from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Captain Dime from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Care In Bread-Making from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Caught By The Witch Play from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Chicken In The Bread Tray from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Chicken Pie from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Children's Seating Rhyme from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Christmas Turkey from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Chuck Will's Widow Song from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Clandestine Letter, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Coffee Grows On White Folks' Trees from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o College Ox, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Cooking Dinner from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Cotton Eyed Joe from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Courting Boy, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Song Rhyme--African Americans--Poetry

o Courtship from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Cow Needs A Tail In Fly-Time, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Crooked Nose Jane from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Crossing A Foot-Log from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Crossing The River from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Day's Happiness, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Deedle, Dumpling from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Destinies Of Good And Bad Children from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Destitute Former Slave Owners from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Devilish Pigs from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Did You Feed My Cow? from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Die In The Pig-Pen Fighting from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Dinah's Dinner Horn from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Do I Love You? from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Does Money Talk? from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Don't Ask Me Questions from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Don't Sing Before Breakfast from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Don't Tell All You Know from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Doodle-Bug from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Down In The Lonesome Garden from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Drinking Razor Soup from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Elephant, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o End Of Ten Little Negroes, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Fattening Frogs For Snakes from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Fed From The Tree Of Knowledge from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Few Negroes By States, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Fine Plaster, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Fishing Simon from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Flap-Jacks from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Forty-Four from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Fox And Geese from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Fox And Geese Play from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Fox And Rabbit Drinking Propositions from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Frightened Away From A Chicken-Roost from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Frog In A Mill from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Frog Went A-Courting from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Frogs, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry

o From Slavery from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Full Pocketbook, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Game Contestant's Song from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Getting Ten Negro Boys Together from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Go To Bed from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Going To Be Good Slaves from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Good-By, Ring from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Good-By, Wife! from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Married Life Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Gooseberry Wine from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Goosie-Gander Play Rhyme from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Grasshopper Sense from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Grasshopper Sitting On A Sweet Potato Vine from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Gray And Black Horses from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Great Owl's Song, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Green Oak Tree! Rocky'o from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Guinea Gall from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Half Way Doings from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Ham Beats All Meat from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Harvest Song from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Hated Blackbird And Crow, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Hawk And Buzzard from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Hawk And Chickens from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Hawk And Chickens Play from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o He Is My Horse from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o He Loves Sugar And Tea from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o He Paid Me Seven (parody) from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o He Will Get Mr. Coon from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Hear-Say from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Here Comes A Young Man Courting from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Here I Stand from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Hoecake from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o How To Get To Glory Land from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o How To Keep Or Kill The Devil from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o How To Make It Rain from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o How To Plant And Cultivate Seeds from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o How To Please A Preacher from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Hunting Camp, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry


o I Am Not Going To Hobo Any More from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o I Love Somebody from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o I Walked The Roads from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o I Went Down The Road from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o I Wish I Was An Apple from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Song Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o I Would Not Marry A Black Girl from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o I Wouldn't Marry A Yellow Or A White Negro Girl from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o I'd Rather Be A Negro Than A Poor White Man from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o I'll Eat When I'm Hungry from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o I'll Get You, Rabbit! from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o I'll Wear Me A Cotton Dress from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o I'm A "Round-Town" Gentleman from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o If You Frown from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o In '76 from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o In A Mulberry Tree from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o In A Rush from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Independent from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Indian Flea from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Invited To Take The Escort's Arm from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o It Is Hard To Love from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Song Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Jack And Dinah Want Freedom from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Jackson, Put That Kettle On! from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Jawbone from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Jaybird from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Jaybird Died With The Whooping Cough from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Joe And Malinda Jane from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o John Henry from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Johnny Bigfoot from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Jonah's Band Party from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Juba from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Judge Buzzard from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Jump Jim Crow from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Kept Busy from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Kissing Song from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Kneel On This Carpet from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Last Of Jack, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Learn To Count from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Likes And Dislikes from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Little Boy Who Couldn't Count Seven from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Little Dogs from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Little Negro Fly, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Little Pickaninny, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Little Red Hen from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Little Rooster, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Little Sister, Won't You Marry Me? from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Little Sleeping Negroes from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Looking For A Fight from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Love Is Just A Thing Of Fancy from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Lovers' Good-Night from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Mamma's Darling from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Man Of Words, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Master Is Six Feet One Way from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Master Killed A Big Bull from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Master's "Stolen" Coat, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Me And My Lover from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Song Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Miss Blodger from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Miss Slippy Sloppy from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Miss Terrapin And Miss Toad from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Molly Cottontail, Or, Graveyard Rabbit from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Mother Says I Am Six Years Old from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Mourning Slave Fiancees from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Mud-Log Pond from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Mule's Kick, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Mule's Nature, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o My Baby from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o My Dog, Cuff from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o My Fiddle from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o My First And My Second Wife from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Married Life Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o My Folks And Your Folks from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o My Little Pig from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o My Mule from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o My Speckled Hen from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o My Wonderful Travel from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Mysterious Face Washing from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Nashville Ladies, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Near-Waldo-Tee-Do O Mah Nah Mejai from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Negro And The Policeman, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Negro Baker Man from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Negro Soldier's Civil War Chant from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Negroes Never Die from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Nesting from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Newly Weds, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Married Life Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o No Room To Poke Fun from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Nobody Looking from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Off From Richmond from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Old Aunt Kate from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Old Black Gnats, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Old Gray Mink from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Old Hen Cackled, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Old Man Know-All from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Old Molly Hare from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Old Section Boss, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Old Woman In The Hills, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o On Top Of The Pot from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Opossum Hunt, An from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Origin Of The Snake, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Our Old Mule from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Outrunning The Devil from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Owl, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Page's Geese from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Parody On "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep" from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Parody On "Reign, Master Jesus, Reign!" from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Paying Debts With Kicks from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Peep Squirrel from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Periwinkle from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Pig Tail from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Plaster from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Precious Things from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Presenting A Hat To Phoebe from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Pretty Little Girl from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Pretty Little Pink from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Pretty Pair Of Chickens, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Pretty Polly Ann from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Song Rhyme--African Americans--Poetry

o Promises Of Freedom from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Rabbit Hash from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Rabbit Soup from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Raccoon And Opossum Fight from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Race-Starter's Rhyme, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Raise A "Rucus" To-Night from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Randsome Tantsome from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Rascal, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Ration Day from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Rattler from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Raw Head And Bloody Bones from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Redhead Woodpecker from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Rejected By Eliza Jane from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Song Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Request To Sell, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Roses Red from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Run, Nigger, Run! from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Sai Boddeoh Sumpun Komo, or I Am Not Going To Marry Sumpun from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Sail Away, Ladies! from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Sallie from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Salt Rising Bread from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Sam Is A Clever Fellow from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Satan from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o See That Monkey Up The Cocoanut Tree from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Self-Control from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Sex Laugh from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Shake The Persimmons Down from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o She Hugged Me And Kissed Me from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Song Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Sheep And Goat from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Sheep Shell Corn from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Shoo! Shoo! from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Short Letter, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Sick Wife, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Simon Slick's Mule from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Slave Marriage Ceremony Supplement from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Marriage Rhyme--African Americans--Poetry

o Snail's Reply, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Song To The Runaway Slave from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Sparking Or Courting from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Speak Softly from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Stand Back, Black Man from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Stealing A Ride from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Stick-A-Ma-Stew from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Still Water Creek from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Still Water Runs Deep from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Strange Brood, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Strange Family, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Strange Old Woman, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Strong Hands from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Sugar In Coffee from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Sugar Loaf Tea from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Susan Jane from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Susie Girl from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Suze Ann from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Sweet Pinks And Roses from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Play Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o T-U-Turkey from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Tails from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Taking A Walk from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Teaching Table Manners from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Temperance Rhyme from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o That Hypocrite from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o This Sun Is Hot from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Thrifty Slave, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o To Win A Yellow Girl from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Tom Cat, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Tongue, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Too Much Watermelon from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Town And The Country Bird, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Training The Boy from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Tree Frogs (Guinea Or Ebo Rhyme) from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Tuba Blay, or An Evening Song from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Turkey Funeral, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Turtle's Song, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Two Sick Negro Boys from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Two Times One from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Un Belle Marie Coolie, Or Beautiful Marie, The East Indian from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--African Rhymes--Foreign Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Uncle Jerry Fants from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Uncle Ned from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Vinie from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Walk Tom Wilson from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Walk, Talk, Chicken With Your Head Pecked! from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Wanted! Cornbread And Coon from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o War Is On, The from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Wise Saying Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Washing Mamma's Dishes from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Watermelon Preferred from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o We Are "All The Go" from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o We'll Stick To The Hoe from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o What Will We Do For Bacon? from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o When I Go To Marry from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Married Life Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o When I Was A "Roustabout" from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Married Life Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o When I Was A Little Boy from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o When My Wife Dies from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Why Look At Me? from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Why The Woodpecker's Head Is Red from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Wild Hog Hunt from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Wild Negro Bill from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Willie Wee from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Wind-Bag, A from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Wooing from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Courtship Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry


o Year Of Jubilee from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Dance Rhyme Song Section--African Americans--Poetry

o You Had Better Mind Master from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o You Have Made Me Weep from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Love Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o You Love Your Girl from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Pastime Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry

o Young Master And Old Master from "Negro Folk Rhymes"--Nursery Rhyme Section--African Americans--Poetry



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