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VERSE
YOUR HEART IS NOT A PLAYTHING,
YOUR HEART IS NOT A TOY.
BUT IF YOU WANT IT BROKEN,
JUST GIVE IT TO A BOY.
Where learned: LIBRARY
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; ADVICE: ABCB ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.320 |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
MAY THE ROAD RISE TO MEET YOU,
MAY THE WIND BE ALWAYS AT YOUR BACK,
MAY THE SUN SHINE WARM UPON YOUR FACE,
AND THE RAINS FALL SOFT UPON YOUR FIELDS.
AND UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN,
MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.
Submitter comment: PERHAPS THE MOST WIDELY QUOTED IRISH VERSE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; INITIAL ITERATION ; PRAYER ; RHYME: ABCDEF NO RHYME
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.322 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC "LUCY"
LUCY MET THE TRAIN
THE TRAIN MET LUCY
THE TRACK WAS JUICY
THE JUICE WAS LUCY
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; EUPHEMISM ; FEMININE RHYME ; FINAL ITERATION ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABBC
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
MY BOYFRIEND
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME PEACHES,
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME PEARS,
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME FIFTY CENTS,
AND KICKED ME DOWN THE STAIRS.
I GAVE HIM BACK HIS PEACHES,
I GAVE HIM BACK HIS PEARS,
I GAVE HIM BACK HIS FIFTY CENTS,
AND KICKED HIM DOWN THE STAIRS.
MY MOTHER NEEDED PEACHES,
MY MOTHER NEEDED PEARS,
MY MOTHER NEEDED FIFTY CENTS,
AND KICKED ME DOWN THE STAIRS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN DETROIT CHILDHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BODILY ACTIVITY ; INCREMENTAL REPTITION ; INITIAL ITERATION ; REFRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
JACK-BE-NIMBLE
JACK BE NIMBLE
JACK BE QUICK
JACK JUMPED OVER THE CANDLE STICK
AND BURNED ALL THE HAIR ON HIS LEGS.
Where learned: 10859 BALFOUR
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; PARODY ; RHYME: ABBC
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
RHYME
GOOD FOOD GOOD MEAT,
GOOD GOD LET'S EAT.
Data entry tech comment: OFTEN HEARD THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AA ; RHYME: ABCB
Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
VERSE
ROSES ARE RED/ VIOLETS ARE BLUE/ SUGAR IS SWEET/ AND SO ARE YOU.
BUT THE ROSES ARE WILTED / AND THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD /
AND THE SUGAR IS LUMPED / AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM A PLAYMATE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
VERSE AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; HUMOROUS ALLUSION TO LOVE (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
REMEMBER THE PIGEON,/ REMEMBER THE DOVE,/ REMEMBER THE NIGHT/ WE FELL
IN LOVE. ROSEMARY MOSTER
Submitter comment:
RECOPIED FROM AN OLDER AUTOGRAPH BOOK DATING AROUND 1850. THE
SELECTIONS FROM THE OLDER BOOK WERE COLLECTED IN INDIANA.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: INDIANA ; BROOKVILLE
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; LOVE BIRDS REPETITION ; RHYME: ABCB
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; REMEMBER ME (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
REMEMBER ME/ REMEMBER YOU,/ REMEMBER THE DAY/ I FOUND YOU AT THE ZOO.
Submitter comment: FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1963.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHAIN ; INITIAL ITERATION ; REPETITION ; RHYME: ABCB
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 01-00-1963
AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; REMEMBER ME (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
REMEMBER THE BOY OF EYES OF GRAY
WHO KISSED YOU ONCE AND TURNED AWAY.
REMEMBER THE BOY OF EYES OF BROWN
WHO KISSED YOU ONCE AND TURNED YOU DOWN.
BUT REMEMBER THE BOY OF EYES OF BLUE
WHO KISSED YOU ONCE AND ASKED FOR TWO.
Submitter comment: FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1963.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHAIN ; COUPLETS ; INITIAL ITERATION ; REPETITION EYE COLOR ; RHYME: AABBCC
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 01-00-1963
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; TRANSLATIONS, PLAY ON WORDS, SYMBOL WRITING (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
2 GOOD
+ 2 BE
__________
4 GOTTEN
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING ; INITIAL ITERATION
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
IRISH BLESSING
MAY THE ROAD RISE UP TO MEET YOU
MAY THE WIND BLOW AT YOUR BACK
MAY THE SUN SHINE WARMLY ON YOUR FACE
MAY THE RAIN FALL SOFTLY ON YOUR FIELDS
AND TILL WE MEET AGAIN
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN
MAY GOD HOLD YOU
IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.
AMEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CHELSEA
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
FOG
FOG ON THE HILL
BRINGS WATER TO THE MILL
FOG ON THE MOOR
BRINGS SUN TO THE DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ANDIAS PIZZARIA
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.462 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.890 |
Date learned: 10-03-1969
AN AUTOGRAPH SAYING
I WISH YOU LUCK, I WISH YOU JOY
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL
AND WHEN HER HAIR IS UP IN PINS
I WISH YOU THEN A SET OF TWINS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): IAMBIC TETRAMETER ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AABBCC ; WISH
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.342 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
IN JAIL YOU GET COFFEE
IN JAIL YOU GET TEA
IN JAIL YOU GET EVERYTHING
BUT THE DARN OLD KEY
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INCREMENTAL REPETITION ; INITIAL ITERATION ; MEDIAL ITERATION
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
RHYME, COUNTING OUT
1
THIS OLD MAN
HE PLAYED ONE
HE PLAYED KNICK-KNACK
ON MY THUMB,
CHORUS
WITH A KNICK-KNACK
PADDY-WHACK
GIVE YOUR DOG A BONE,
THIS OLD MAN CAME ROLLING HOME.
Submitter comment:
THE OTHER VERSES FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN AND ARE ALL FOLLOWED
BY THE CHORUS:
2 HE PLAYED TWO - ON MY SHOE, (CH.
3 HE PLAYED THREE - IN A TREE, (CH.
4 HE PLAYED FOUR - ON MY DOOR, (CH.
5 HE PLAYED FIVE - ON A HIVE, (CH.
6 HE PLAYED SIX - WITH SOME STICKS, (CH.
7 HE PLAYED SEVEN - UP IN HEAVEN, (CH.
8 HE PLAYED EIGHT - ON MY GATE, (CH.
9 HE PLAYED NINE - ALL THE TIME, (CH.
10 HE PLAYED TEN - ON HIS HEN, (CH.
Keyword(s): CHAIN ; COUNTING ; INITIAL ITERATION
Subject headings: | -- |
PRAYER
GOD BE IN MY HEAD AND IN MY UNDERSTANDING,
GOD BE IN MY EYES AND IN MY LOOKING,
GOD BE IN MY MOUTH AND IN MY SPEAKING,
GOD BE IN MY HEART AND IN MY THINKING,
GOD BE IN MY END AND IN MY DEPARTING.
Where learned: 24735 INDUSTRIAL HWY
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION MEDIAL ITERATION RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-07-1970
PATTYCAKE SONG
MARY MACK, MACK, MACK,
ALL DRESSED IN BLACK, BLACK, BLACK,
WITH SILVER BUTTONS, BUTTONS, BUTTONS,
DOWN HER BACK, BACK, BACK.
SHE ASKED HER MOTHER, MOTHER, MOTHER,
FOR FIFTY CENTS, CENTS, CENTS,
TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS, ELEPHANTS, ELEPHANTS,
JUMP THE FENCE, FENCE, FENCE,
THEY JUMPED SO HIGH, HIGH, HIGH,
THEY REACHED THE SKY, SKY, SKY.
THEY DIDN'T COME BACK, BACK, BACK,
TILL THE FOURTH OF JULY, JULY, JULY.
Submitter comment:
WHEN ASKED BY THE INSTRUCTOR IF THIS WAS A SONG, THE COLLECTOR SAID
YES, BUT WITH PATTYCAKE MOTIONS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION FINAL ITERATION
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
GOOD SILVER, GOOD MEAT,
GOOD GOD, LET'S EAT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PARODY HUMOR BLESSING
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
AUTOGRAPH BOOK ENTRY
I LOVE YOU LITTLE
I LOVE YOU BIG
I LOVE YOU LIKE
MY LITTLE PIG.
Submitter comment:
UPDATED ENTRY IN RICHARD BANAS'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK, KEPT IN GLENVIEW,
ILLINOIS, MAY AND JUNE, 1965
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR