AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

PIGS LIKE PUMPKIN
HOGS LIKE SQUASH
I LOVE YOU
I DO) BY GOSH)

Submitter comment: ENTRY DATED 05191931 IN ALBERTA LARABELL'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK IN DETROIT
1930-33

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; COMPARISON ; DECLARATION OF LOVE ; FOOD ; RHYME: ABCB

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

LOVE IS LIKE AN ONION
WE TASTE IT WITH DELIGHT
BUT AFTER WHILE WE WONDER
WHAT EVER MADE US BITE.

Submitter comment: ENTRY DATED 11141930 IN ALBERTA LARABELL'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK IN DETROIT,
1930-33

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): FOOD ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB ; RIDICULE OF LOVE ; SIMILE

James Callow Keyword(s): PESSIMISM

Date learned: 11-14-1930

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GOLDEN GATES TO HEAVEN
GOLDEN GATES TO HELL
DARN THE BOY WHO KISSES YOU
RUNS OFF AND TELLS.

Data entry tech comment: THE LAST LINE WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE IT IT WOULD READ :"THAT ;

Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB

Date learned: 00-00-1935

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AUTOGRAPH VERSE

MY LOVE FOR YOU WILL NEVER FAIL
AS LONG AS PUSSY HAS HER TAIL.

Submitter comment: (1939 BIRCH TREE, MONTANA)

Data entry tech comment: THE COLLECTOR'S COMMENT IS WHERE THE AUTOGRAPH CAME FROM

Where learned: MONTANA ; BIRCH TREE

Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; DECLARATION OF LOVE ; PROMISE ; RHYME: AA

Date learned: 00-00-1939

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK JUNGLE

FLORIDA GROWS ORANGES.
CALIFORNIA DOES TOO
BUT IT TOOK OHIO
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.

Data entry tech comment: ANY STATE COULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR OHIO.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Keyword(s): FOOD ; LOCATION ; PRAISE ; RHYME: ABCB

James Callow Keyword(s): NAMES OF STATES

Date learned: 10-27-1968

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WHEN YOU ARE OLD AT 68
DON'T LEAVE YOUR ONLY PLAYMATE.

Submitter comment: FROM JUDY OSGOOD IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK.

Data entry tech comment: THE TITLE "FLY LEAF VERSE" WAS WRITTEN, BUT CROSSED OUT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): ADVICE ; RHYMING COUPLET

James Callow Keyword(s): SLANT RHYME

Date learned: 00-00-1950

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL

WHEN YOU ARE BATHING IN A TUB
THINK OF ME BETWEEN EACH RUB.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): HUMOROUS REQU&ST ; RHYMING COUPLET

James Callow Keyword(s): BATHTUB VERSE

Date learned: 10-15-1926

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

APPLES IN THE CELLAR
PEACHES ON THE SHELF
I AM GETTING TIRED,
OF LIVING BY MYSELF.

Submitter comment: MISSOURI 1940

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16436 W CHICAGO

Keyword(s): FOOD ; RHYME: ABCB ; UNHAPPINESS

Date learned: 00-00-1940

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

THE SMALLER THE TREE
THE TIGHTER THE BARK
THE YOUNGER THE COUPLE
THE MORE THEY SPARK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16436 W CHICAGO

Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB

James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG: SPARKING FOR KISSING AND HUGGING

Date learned: 11-05-1967

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

AS SURE AS THE VINE GROWS 'ROUND THE STUMP
YOU'LL BE MY SUGAR LUMP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16436 W CHICAGO

Keyword(s): LOVE ; PROMISE ; RHYMING COUPLET

Date learned: 11-05-1967

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

DON'T GO TO LONDON, DON'T GO TO FRANCE
STAY HERE IN MISSOURI AND GIVE THE BOYS A CHANCE.

Where learned: MISSOURI, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): COUNTRY ; HUMOROUR ADVICE ; RHYMING COUPLET

Date learned: 11-05-1967

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

YOUR BLUE EYES MAY WATER
YOUR WHITE TEETH MAY GRIT
BUT YOU'RE ONE LOVELY
I WON'T FORGIT.

Data entry tech comment: THIS VERSE WAS FULL OF SPELLING ERRORS.

Where learned: 16436 W CHICAGO

Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB

James Callow Keyword(s): CRYING ; FORGET ; GRITTING OF TEETH

Date learned: 11-05-1967

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SIGNATURES

YOURS TILL WINDOWS HAVE PANES

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE ; PUN

James Callow Keyword(s): PAIN

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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AUTOGRAPH

I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU SWELL
IF I HAD A PEANUT
I'D GIVE YOU THE SHELL)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PALMER PARK

Keyword(s): FOOD ; HUMOROUS INSULT ; RHYME: ABCDC ; RIDICULE OF LOVE

James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION

Date learned: 06-03-1959

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NAME VERSE

TABLES ARE ROUND
CHAIRS ARE SQUARE
YOU AND _____
MAKE A GOOD PAIR.

Submitter comment: THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF COLETTE BY A
SCHOOLMATE.

Data entry tech comment: ANY NAME CAL BE FILLED IN THE BLANK SPACE

Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): LOVE ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB

Date learned: 10-08-1967

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK JINGLE

I LOVE, I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU I DO;
BUT DON'T GET EXCITED
I LOVE MONKEY'S T6O)

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Keyword(s): FALSE LOVE ; HUMOROUS INSULT ; RHYME: AABA

Date learned: 10-27-1968

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SIGNATURES

YOURS TILL THE BELLY BUTTONS.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE ; PUN

Date learned: 10-00-1967

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

IF I WAS A LITTLE PIG,
ROOTING IN YOUR YARD,
AND YOU WERE A LITTLE DOG,
WOULD YOU BITE ME VERY HARD?

Submitter comment: MISSOURI, 1943

Data entry tech comment: PERIOD CHANGED TO QUESTION MARK.

Where learned: 16436 W CHICAGO

Keyword(s): HUMOR ; QUATRAIN

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; METER: TROCHEES ; NONSENSE ; THERIOMOROPHISM

Date learned: 00-00-1943

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL

A SAILOR LOVES HIS C,
AN OLD MAID LOVES HER T,
A CHINAMAN LOVES HIS Q,
BUT I ONLY LOVE YOU.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; HUMOR ; QUATRAIN ; QUEUE ; RHYME: AABB ; SEA ; TEA

Date learned: 00-00-1928

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

OCTOBER 12, 1937
ON THIS PAGE OF YELLOW;
I WISH YOU A HANDSOME FELLOW.
YOURS TIL PIGS FLY.
MAGGIE YOUNG MM
OCTOBER 12, 1937
YOURS TIL PIGS WEAR STEP-INS.
MILDRED CASH MM
IN YOUR CHAIN OF FRIENDSHIP,
COUNT ME AS A LINK.
YOURS TIL THE COWS COME HOME.
HATTIE JULIA CENTER

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

Date learned: 09-00-1982

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