Negro Folk Rhymes / Wise and Otherwise: With a Study

by Thomas Washington Talley

• Hated Blackbird and Crow, The, [183]
• Hawk and Chickens, [185]
• Here I Stand, [153]

• In '76, [178]
• In a Mulberry Tree, [158]
• In a Rush, [183]

• Judge Buzzard, [16]

• Little Boy Who Couldn't Count Seven, [160]
• Little Dogs, [150]
• Little Negro Fly, The, [199]
• Little Pickaninny, A, [186]
• Little Sleeping Negroes, [187]

• Mamma's Darling, [188]
• Miss Blodger, [199]
• Miss Terrapin and Miss Toad, [162]
• Mother Says I am Six Years Old, [164]
• Mud-Log Pond, [185]
• My Baby, [180]
• My Dog, Cuff, [150]
• My Folks and your Folks, [187]
• My Little Pig, [157]
• My Speckled Hen, [170]
• Mysterious Face Washing, [174]

• Negro Baker Man, [154]
• Nesting, [180]

• Old Aunt Kate, [179]
• Origin of the Snake, The, [165]

• Paying Debts with Kicks, [184]
• Periwinkle, [201]
• Pig Tail, [153]
• 'Possum up the Gum Stump, [3]
• Pretty Little Girl, [172]
• Pretty Pair of Chickens, A, [181]

• Rabbit Hash, [203]
• Rabbit Soup, [33]
• Race-Starter's Rhyme, A, [180]
• Randsome Tantsome, [202]
• Raw Head and Bloody Bones, [174]
• Redhead Woodpecker, [178]

• Sam is a Clever Fellow, [151]
• Shoo! Shoo!, [196]
• Stealing a Ride, [188]
• Stick-a-ma-stew, [155]
• Strange Family, A, [171]
• Strange Old Woman, A, [178]
• Strong Hands, [167]