VERSE

A WOMAN, A DOG, AND A WALNUT TREE:
THE MORE YOU BEAT THEM,
THE BETTER THEY BE.

Submitter comment: STEPHEN CRAIN IN "THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE"; HEARD BEFORE BY
THE INFORMANT.

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

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VERSE

"WAY DOWN YONDER, NOT VERY FAR OFF,
THE JAY BIRD DIED WITH THE WHOOPING COUGH.
HE WHOOPED SO LOUD WITH THE WHOOPING COUGH,
THAT HE WHOOPED HIS HEAD AND HIS TAIL RIGHT OFF.
SAME SONG SECOND VERSE,
ONLY A LITTLE BIT LOUDER,
AND A LITTLE BIT WORSE."

Submitter comment: VERSE REPEATED AS A CHILD: EACH TIME THE VERSE IS REPEATED,
"WHOOP" IS SAID LOUDER AND LOUDER.

Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; EDGEFIELD

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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CHEER IN VERSE

PORK CHOPS
PORK CHOPS
GREASY
GREASY
WE'RE GONNA WIN THIS NICE AND EASY.

Submitter comment: CHEER USED IN 1939 AT DALTON HIGH SCHOOL, DALTON, GA

Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE

Date learned: 06-16-1972

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LITTLE FLY UPON THE WALL
AIN'T GOT NO MOMMY AT ALL.
AIN'T GOT NO ONE TO COMB HIS HAIR,
BUT IT DON'T CARE;
AIN'T GOT NO HAIR!

Where learned: OHIO ; BRYAN

Date learned: 09-16-1973

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2 (TOO) SWEET
2 (TO) BE
________
4 (FORGOTTEN) GOTTEN

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; RHYME ; Signature

Date learned: 04-00-1972

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ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
YOUR NOSE LOOKS LIKE A B-52.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD

Keyword(s): Autograph Rhyme ; B-52 ; Blue ; COLOR ; FLOWERS ; NOSE ; poem ; Red ; RHYME ; Roses ; Signature ; Violets

Date learned: 04-00-1972

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NOT GIVEN

I SEE THE MOON,
THE MOON SEES ME,
GOD BLESS THE MOON,
GOD BLESS ME.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Date learned: 04-29-1969

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PUT THE ABLATIVE WITH TE,
CUM, CORAM, AB, AND E,
SINE, TENUS, PRO, AND PRE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00-00-1962

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PUT THE ABLATIVE WITH TE,
CUM, CORAM, AB, AND E,
SINE, TENUS, PRO, AND PRE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00-00-1962

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Language

Tongue Twister:

I stood on the steps of Burgesses fish sauce shop,

Mimicking him hiccuping and welcoming him in.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Burgess's?

Make Verse?

The word him is underlined, with an arrow pointing at it with the word Ant??

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Wisok, David

Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER

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Maxim

Album Rhyme:

On this page in memory pressed,

May my name forever rest.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

I can remember writing this in grade school friends' autograph books.

Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Saying ; Signature ; VERSE

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Language: Rhyme

Married Rhyme:

When you get married and live in a shack,

Remember the girl who never wrote back.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Keyword(s): Language ; MARRIAGE ; Married ; RHYME ; Shack ; VERSE

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Language: Rhyme

Love Rhyme:

Remember the old, remember the new.

Remember the guy, who wrote "I Love You."

Submitter comment:

This rhyme was given to me by a grade school "boyfriend"

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Keyword(s): Language ; LOVE ; New ; Old ; Remember ; RHYME ; VERSE

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Language: Rhyme

Roses Rhyme:

Roses are red, Violets are blue.

Sugar is sweet, And so are you.

Submitter comment:

This is a rhyme that is familiar to most everyone who has heard a "roses are red" rhyme...

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Keyword(s): Blue ; COLOR ; Language ; poem ; Red ; RHYME ; Roses ; Sugar ; Sweet ; VERSE

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Autograph Rhyme

From Grade School Book:

2 Nice

2 Be

____

4 Gotten

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE

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Autograph Rhyme

From Grade School Book:

2 Nice

2 Be

____

4 Gotten

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE

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Autograph Rhyme

Gradeschool Autograph:

When you get married and live in a holler: Send me a kiss on a paper dollar.

Submitter comment:

Collected from my grade school autograph book.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Dollar ; KISS ; Married ; Paper ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE

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Autograph Rhyme

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 straight and thin, I wish you next a set of twins.

And when they're crawling on the floor, for heanev's sake, don't have any more!

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: Tomlinson, Perry

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; BABY ; Boy ; Crawl ; Curl ; Floor ; Girl ; HAIR ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; Straight ; THIN ; TWINS ; VERSE

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Autograph Rhyme

Cynical Autograph Rhyme;

Roses are red, Violets are green.

You have a shape like a submarine.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; COLOR ; Cynical ; FLOWERS ; poem ; Red ; RHYME ; Roses ; Signature ; Submarine ; VERSE ; Violets

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Autograph Rhyme

Roses are red, leaves are green.

You have a shape like a submarine.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: Tomlinson, Perry

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; COLOR ; Cynical ; FLOWERS ; Green ; Leaves ; Red ; RHYME ; Roses ; Signature ; Submarine ; VERSE

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