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IF IN HEAVEN WE DON'T MEET,
HAND IN HAND WE'LL 'TAND IN THE HEAT.

Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSES COLLECTED IN 1941.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 10-25-1972

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YOUR'S 'TILL THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS,
AND SEAS THE SALAD DRESSING.

Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSES COLLECTED IN 1941.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; EUPHEMISM: HEAT FOR HELL ; PUNS ; RHYME: AA

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 10-25-1972

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TWO IN A HAMMOCK,
READY TO KISS,
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THEY WENT LIKE THIS. (THE WORD "THIS" IS WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN.)

Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSES COLLECTED IN 1941

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 10-12-1972

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL

U I
R N
A V
Q U
T
PIE

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 00001960 DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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A DRIVER'S NIGHT PRAYER

NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP,/ I PARKED MY CAR ACROSS THE STREET.
AND IF IT ROLLS BEFORE I WAKE,/I PRAY THE LORD TO PULL THE BRAKE.

Submitter comment: TAKEN FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): IMPERFECT RHYME ; QUATRAIN ACCIDENT AUTOMOBILE PARODY OF PRAYER ; RHYME: AABB

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR

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AUTOGRAPH VERSE

WHEN ALL YOUR DAYS ARE OVER,
AND EARTH YOU NO MORE TROD,
MAY YOUR NAME BE WRITTEN IN GOLD,
IN THE MEMORY BOOK OF GOD.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 12-31-1970

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AUTOGRAPH VERSE

LIFES BATTLES DONT ALWAYS GO TO THE STRONGER OR FASTER MAN,
BUT SOONER OR LATER THE MAN WHO WINS IS THE FELLOW WHO
THINKS HE CAN.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 12-31-1970 ; CA00001935

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A TREE,
SEND ME A COCONUT C.O.D.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE THIRTY-EIGHT,
DON'T CALL IT A FAMILY, CALL IT A STATE

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse
BELIEF -- Number P686.1.38

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

JANIE HAD A LITTLE CAR,
ITS PAINT WAS SHINY RED.
AND EVERYWHERE THAT JANIE WENT,
THE COPS PICKED UP THE DEAD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 00-00-1965

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

2 GOOD
+2 BE MM------------
4 GOTTEN

Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF MINE FROM THE 6TH GRADE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 00-00-1970

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

AS YOU SLIDE DOWN THE BANNISTER OF LIFE, REMEMBER ME WHO WAS A
SPLINTER IN YOUR CAREER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES

James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 04-11-1979

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WHEN YOU GET OLD AND THINK YOU'RE SWEET,
TAKE OFF YOUR SOCKS AND SMELL YOUR FEET.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 00-00-1979

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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
GOD BLESS THE MAN WHO MARRIES YOU.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 00-00-1979

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ROSES I BRING.

ROSES I BRING THAT IN MY
GARDEN GREW }
MAY EVERY DAY BLOOM LIKE
A ROSE FOR YOU }

Where learned: DETROIT ; POSTCARD COLLECTION

Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP. ; RHYME: ABCB

James Callow Keyword(s): WISH.

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 07-13-1916

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NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION:
THAT WHEN I'M BLUE
I'LL THINK OF YOU,
'TWILL GIVE THE WORLD
A ROSY HUE}

Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION

Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP. ; RHYME: AABA

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.0101
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's

Date learned: 12-29-1919

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THANKSGIVING PUDDING, PIE & CAKE

MAY THANKSGIVING BRING YOU PLEASURE
SOME PUDDING, PIE AND CAKE
IN EQUAL HAPPY MEASURE
" LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE. "

Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION

Keyword(s): GOOD WISHES. ; RHYME ABAB

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 11-14-1923

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FRIENDSHIP

WHEN THE FUTURE IS PRESENT,
AND THE PRESENT IS PAST,
MAY THE LIGHT OF OUR FRIENDSHIP
SHINE BRIGHT TO THE LAST.

Where learned: VERSE ON DECORATED POSTCARD ; IRONTON

Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB ; WISH

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 09-15-1911

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SMILE AWHILE

SMILE
AWHILE
AND WHILE YOU SMILE
ANOTHER
SMILES,
AND SOON THERE'S MILES
AND MILES
OF SMILES
AND LIFE'S WORTH WHILE
BECAUSE YOU SMILE.

Submitter comment: VERSE PRINTED ON DECORATED POSTCARD.

Where learned: DETROIT ; POSTCARD COLLECTION ; CIRCA 1910

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; RHYME: AAABAAAAAA

James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: C00001910

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

CAN'T THINK
BRAIN DUMB
INSPIRATION WON'T COME
POOR INK
BUM PEN
BEST WISHES
AMEN

Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK WHEN SHE GRADUATE
FROM EIGHTH GRADE AT ST. MICHAEL'S SCHOOL IN SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 06-00-1973

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