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THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE GARDEN
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE PARK
BUT THE TULIPS YOU AND I LIKE
ARE THE TWO LIPS IN THE DARK.
(SIGNED) CAROLE RYDECKI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WAS IN A RESTAURANT THAT THEY MET
ROMEO AND JULIET.
WHEN THE WAITER CAME TO COLLECT,
ROME OWED WHAT JULIE "ET."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
TULIPS (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; TRANSLATIONS, PLAY ON WORDS, SYMBOL WRITING (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
TULIPS IN THE GARDEN/ TULIPS IN THE PARK
BUT THE TULIPS I LIKE BEST/ ARE THE TWO-LIPS IN THE DARK.
Submitter comment:
UNTITLED AUTOGRAPH BOOK ASSEMBLED BY SHIRLEY POPPERT WITH
ENTRIES DATED JUNE, 1952
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INDIRECTION ; PUN ; QUATRAIN FLOWERS KISSING ; RHYME: ABCB
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1952 ; 07-00-1964
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
AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION
ON THE SHORES OF GICHIGOMI,
COME ON BY AND SOCK-IT-TO-ME.
U R A Q T
I N V U
Submitter comment:
UNDATED ENTRY IN KATHY CRACCHIOLO'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
KEPT IN ST. CLAIR SHORES MICH. IN 1968
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): PARODY OF HIAWATHA ; TROCHAIC TETRAMETER ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 02-27-1971 ; 00-00-1968
PROSE AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL
U R
2 SWEET
2 BE
4 GOTTEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING ; FRIENDSHIP ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
G.I. SHOES,
G.I. HAT,
G.I. THIS AND
G.I. THAT.
G.I. LIKE YOU
G.I. DO.
G.I. HOPE YOU LIKE ME, TOO.
Submitter comment: AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1963
Data entry tech comment: ADDED COMMAS WHERE NEEDED
Where learned: TEXAS ; SAN ANTONIO
Keyword(s): MILITARY
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
THE SEWER
BY THE SEWER I LIVED,
BY THE SEWER I DIED,
THEY CALLED IT MURDER,
BUT IT WAS SEWER-CIDE.
Submitter comment: GRADE SCHOOL AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Data entry tech comment: ADDED TITLE AND COMMAS
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): SUICIDE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
ALWAYS THE SAME AS B/4
1939 BIRCH TREE, MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): DIGITAL VERSE ; FRIENDSHIP ; PAST ; REMEMBERANCE ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
OCTOBER 19, 1937
LOVE MANY,
BUT TRUST FEW.
ALWAYS PADDLE
YOUR OWN CANOE.
YOURS TIL THE PILLOW CASES.
TED MERRIWEATHER MM
OCTOBER 19, 1937
AS FLOWERS IN A GOLDEN BLOOM,
KISSED BY THE SUN AND DEW.
SO IN MY HEART SHALL EVER BLOOM,
THE SWEETEST THOUGHTS OF YOU.
YOURS TIL THE DOOR STEPS.
ANNIE LOUISE MERRIWEATHER MM
OCTOBER, 1937
WHATEVER WORK COMES TO YOUR HAND,
AT HOME OR AT YOUR SCHOOL,
DO YOUR BEST WITH RIGHT GOOD WILL;
IT IS A GOLDEN RULE. MM
FOR HE WHO DOES HIS BEST,
HIS BEST WILL EVER GROW.
BUT HE WHO SHIRKS OR SLIGHTS HIS TASK,
HE LETS THE BETTER GO.
M. BACON
SCIENCE TEACHER MM
OCTOBER 13, 1937
U-R-TOYS
FOR ME
FOR I-SEE-YOU-R
TOO-Y'S-FOR ME.
JEAN BURNOCK MM
OCTOBER 12, 1937
ALL THAT YOU DO,
DO WITH YOUR MIGHT.
THINGS DONE BY HALVES,
ARE NEVER DONE RIGHT.
DOROTHY CLIFFORD
A2 TEACHER
Submitter comment:
THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE WAS COLLECTED BY THE INFORMANT
WHILE A PUPIL AT HUGH CARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 6501 SOUTH
STREET, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE INFORMANT ATTENDED CARY
SCHOOL FROM 1931-1940 (KINDERGARTEN-EIGHTH GRADE) AND
ESTIMATES THE ETHNIC MAKE-UP AS 50% ARMENIAN, 20% HUNGARIAN,
20% ITALIAN, AND 10% OTHER (LESS THAN 1% BLACK).
"STEP-INS" ARE PANTIES. "TOYS", ACCORDING TO THE
INFORMANT, MEANS "I AM FOND OF YOU."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE
Date learned: 09-00-1982
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
NOVEMBER 10, 1937
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED,
DON'T MARRY A FOOL.
MARRY A BOY
FROM CARY SCHOOL. MM
2 DAY
+2 MORROW
4 GET ME NOT
GERALDINE RITCHIE MM
DECEMBER 8, 1937
IF I WAS A LITTLE RABBIT
AND HAD A TAIL OF FLUFF,
I WOULD SIT ON YOUR DRESSER
AND BE YOUR POWDER PUFF.
ELEANOR FODOR MM
DECEMBER 12, 1937
YOU MAY LIVE IN ITALY.
YOU MAY LIVE IN SPAIN.
BUT THE WAY I LOVE YOU BABY,
WOULD MAKE A BULLDOG BREAK ITS CHAIN.
YOURS TIL BUTTER FLIES.
GEORGIA CASH MM
FEBRUARY 7, 1938
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T SEND TO ME
FOR SAFETY PINS.
SYLVIA GAZDAG MM
FEBRUARY 14, 1938
YOU MAY BE FRENCH OR GERMAN,
BUT MARRY A BOY NAMED HERMAN.
CAROLYN
Submitter comment:
THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE WAS COLLECTED BY THE INFORMANT
WHILE A PUPIL AT HUGH CARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 6501 SOUTH
STREET, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE INFORMANT ATTENDED CARY
SCHOOL FROM 1931-1940 (KINDERGARTEN-EIGHTH GRADE) AND
ESTIMATES THE ETHNIC MAKE-UP AS 50% ARMENIAN, 20% HUNGARIAN,
20% ITALIAN, AND 10% OTHER (LESS THAN 1% BLACK).
"STEP-INS" ARE PANTIES. "TOYS", ACCORDING TO THE
INFORMANT, MEANS "I AM FOND OF YOU."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG: BABY FOR SWEETHEART
Date learned: 09-00-1982
REMEMBER A, REMEMBER B,
BUT C THAT YOU REMEMBER ME.
Submitter comment: THIS VERSE HAS SEVERAL VARIANTS SIMILAR TO IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00001959 CA
Autograph verse
I C U in the ocean,
I C U in the sea,
I C U in the bathtub,
Oops! pardon me.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sandusky
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
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Ethnic Joke: Italian
Two Italians were watching ships in the harbor when a submarine came in. One turned to the other and said,
"Thatsa U Boat."
"No, I justa watch."
Submitter comment:
Informant said that he first heard this at wedding last summer. It took the informant at least ten minutes to tell this joke because he kept laughing.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The word Italian is written in the upper left hand corner of the submission card.
Submission card located in pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20295 Westbrook ; Peleo, Cornel
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; Italian ; Language ; Language Barrier ; Submarines
James Callow Keyword(s): Italian
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing RIDDLE -- W566 |
Business Abbreviations
A few business abbreviations no found many places:
S.A.P. = As Soon As Possible
S/B = Should Be
Prox. = Approximately
W/E = Week Ending
EST = Estimate
P.A. = Purchasing Agent
G.M. = Genreal Manager
P.C. = Production Control
Q.C. = Quality Control
A&S = Administration & Sales
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission Card located in pile labeled To Be Classified
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; McManus, L D ; Cadillac Production Inc
Keyword(s): ABBREVIATION ; BUSINESS ; TRANSLATION
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Some Women wait so long for their dreamboat to come along that their piers collapse.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [B660] crossed out. Nothing replaces it.
Submission card located in pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: HOME ; Trompeter, Daniel
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; Feminism ; Jest, Anecdote, Pun, Joke, Irony ; JOKE ; PUN ; Relationships ; SEXISM ; SEXIST
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
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Parody on a Proper Name
Sister Edith Kathleen was discussing current novels one day in our English class when she asked "Have you heard the latest book, 'Catch Her in the Raw? (A parody on the book Cathcher in the Rye)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S580] crossed out. Nothing written in place.
Submission card located in pile labeled To Be Classified.
Where learned: Sister Edith Kathleen ; CLASS
Keyword(s): BOOK TITLE ; Classroom ; CLASSROOM HUMOR ; EDUCATION ; LITERATURE ; PARODY ; PUN ; WORDPLAY
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing Filter - Mature Content |
Play on Words
Did you hear about the nearsighted optician who fell into a lens-grinding machine and made a spectacle of himself?
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Boggs Numbers [W400, B667] crossed out and B660 Substituted.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Walsh, George E Jr ; 6457 Ellsworth
Keyword(s): Anecdote ; HUMOR ; IRONY ; Jest ; Optician ; PUN ; Silly
Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Did you hear about the butcher who backed into a meat cutting machine and got a little behind in his work?
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Boggs Numbers [W400, B667] are crossed out and B660 is substituted.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Walsh, George E Jr ; 6457 Ellsworth
Keyword(s): Butcher, Meat, Machine ; EUPHEMISM ; Jest, Anecdote, Pun, Joke, Irony ; PARODY
Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |