My Speckled Hen

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Title:     My Speckled Hen
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]

Somebody stole my speckled hen.
Dey lef' me mighty pōo'.
Ev'ry day she layed three aigs,
An' Sunday she lay fō'.

Somebody stole my speckled hen.
She crowed at my back dō'.
Fedders, dey shine jes lak de sun;
De Niggers grudged her mō'.

[39]De whis'lin' gal, an' de crowin' hen,
Never comes to no good en'.
Stop dat whis'lin'; go on an' sing!
'Member dat hen wid 'er shinin' wing.

FOOTNOTE
[39] An old superstition.

[The end]
Thomas W. Talley's poem: My Speckled Hen

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