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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AMY, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS
First Line: Once on a time there was a girl
Last Line: Just like the monkeys in the zoo.
Subject(s): African Americans; Children; Girls; Negroes; American Blacks; Childhood
First Line: Once on a time there was a girl
Last Line: Just like the monkeys in the zoo.
Subject(s): African Americans; Children; Girls; Negroes; American Blacks; Childhood
Once on a time there was a girl,
Her long, straight hair it did not curl.
She ran away and went to play
With the darky children across the way.
Then the long, straight hair on that little girl
Began to grow with a kinky curl,
And her skin, which once from soap was white,
Began to turn as black as night,
And quickly grew a somber hue
Just like the monkeys in the zoo.
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