Return to Bibliography of Willa Cather's Readings
Bibliography: "Weevily Wheat" by Unknown
- Title
- "Weevily Wheat"
- Author
- Unknown
- Genre
- song
- Note Source
- My Antonia Book II, Chap. 4
- Note Relating to Cather
- The Black Hawk children tease Antonia Shimerda by mimicking this traditional song because she makes a cake for Charley Harling in My Antonia. One version is: "Going to get some weevily wheat/ I'm going to get some barley/ Going to get some weevily wheat/ And bake a cake for Charlie"; however, there are many different versions.
