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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PICKANINNY, by ELLEN EARL
First Line: Black-eyed pickaninny
Last Line: Mammy's little king.
Subject(s): Cotton
First Line: Black-eyed pickaninny
Last Line: Mammy's little king.
Subject(s): Cotton
Black-eyed pickaninny
Someone's little tot,
On a pile of cotton
Where the sun is hot.
Someone's lump of sugar,
With a curly top.
Tiny feet a kicking
Little candy drop.
With a sack to shade you,
While the darkies sing.
Black-eyed pickaninny
Mammy's little King.
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