NEGRO FOLK RHYMES
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
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Negro Folk Rhymes
Wise and Otherwise
WITH A STUDY
BY
THOMAS W. TALLEY,
OF FISK UNIVERSITY
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1922
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright, 1922,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and printed. Published January, 1922.
Press of
J. J. Little & Ives Company
New York, U. S. A.
| PAGE | |
| INTRODUCTION | [v] |
| PART I: NEGRO FOLK RHYMES | [1] |
| Dance Rhyme Section | [1] |
| Dance Rhyme Song Section | [14] |
| Play Rhyme Section | [73] |
| Pastime Rhyme Section | [93] |
| Love Rhyme Section | [127] |
| Love Song Rhyme Section | [131] |
| Courtship Rhyme Section | [135] |
| Courtship Song Rhyme Section | [141] |
| Marriage Rhyme Section | [143] |
| Married Life Rhyme Section | [144] |
| Nursery Rhyme Section | [149] |
| Wise Saying Section | [207] |
| Foreign Section | [216] |
| PART II: A STUDY IN NEGRO FOLK RHYMES | [228] |
| GENERAL INDEX | [327] |
| COMPARATIVE STUDY INDEX | [337] |