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.

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INTRODUCTIONv

PART I: NEGRO FOLK RHYMES1

Dance Rhyme Section1

Dance Rhyme Song Section14

Play Rhyme Section73

Pastime Rhyme Section93

Love Rhyme Section127

Love Song Rhyme Section131

Courtship Rhyme Section135

Courtship Song Rhyme Section141

Marriage Rhyme Section143

Married Life Rhyme Section144

Nursery Rhyme Section149

Wise Saying Section207

Foreign Section216

PART II: A STUDY IN NEGRO FOLK RHYMES228

GENERAL INDEX327

COMPARATIVE STUDY INDEX337