Page's Geese

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Title:     Page's Geese
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]

[30]Page's Geese

Ole man Page'll be in a turble rage,
W'en he find out, it'll raise his dander.
Yankee soldiers bought his geese, fer one cent a-piece,
An' sent de pay home by de gander.

FOOTNOTE

[30] The Northern soldiers during the Civil War took all of a Southern planter's geese except one lone gander. They put one penny, for each goose taken, into a small bag and tied this bag around the gander's neck. They then sent him home to his owner with the pay of one penny for each goose taken. The Negroes of the community at once made up this little song.

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

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