A Little Pickaninny

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Title:     A Little Pickaninny
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]

Me an' its mammy is both gwine to town,
To git dis Pickaninny a liddle hat an' gown.
Don't you never let him waller on de flō'!
He's a liddle Pickaninny,
Born in ole Virginy.
Mammy! Don't de baby grow?

Setch a eatin' o' de honey an' a drinkin' o' de wine!
We's gwine down togedder fer to have a good time;
An' we's gwineter eat, an' drink mō' an' mō'.
Oh, sweet liddle [42]Pickaninny,
Born in ole Virginy.
Mammy! How de baby grow!

FOOTNOTE
[42] Pickanniny appears to have been an African word used by the early American slaves for the word baby.

[The end]
Thomas W. Talley's poem: Little Pickaninny

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