Periwinkle

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Title:     Periwinkle
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]

[47]Periwinkle

Pennywinkle, pennywinkle, poke out yō' ho'n;
An' I'll give you five dollahs an' a bar'l o' co'n.
Pennywinkle! Pennywinkle! Dat gal love me?
Jes stick out yō' ho'n all pinted to a tree.

FOOTNOTE
[47] The Periwinkle seems to have been used as an oracle by some Negroes in the days of their enslavement.

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

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