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WHEN MARY HAS A LITTLE LAMB,
THE DOCTOR WAS SURPRISED.
WHEN OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE DOCTOR'S EYES.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD 201

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 11-27-1971

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NURSERY RHYME

ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
MAPLE SYRUP IS SWEET,
SO ARE YOU.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD 201

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 11-03-1971

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VERSE

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

Submitter comment: I FIRST HEARD THIS IN OHIO IN THE 1950'S

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM FOR HELL

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 00001950'S

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A CHANT

IT TAKES TWO HANDS
TO HANDLE A TEACHER
A TWO LEGGED CREATURE
AT (NAME OF SCHOOL INSERTED).
YOU GOT TO PICK HER UP
AND THROW HER DOWN
AND PASS HER ALL AROUND.

Submitter comment: (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF ("IT TAKES TWO HANDS TO HANDLE A WHOPPER")
PARODY OF A CURRENT HAMBURGBER AD

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 10-00-1971

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VERSE

I EAT MY PEAS WITH HONEY.
I'VE DONE IT ALL MY LIFE.
IT MAKES THE PEAS TASTE FUNNY,
BUT IT KEEPS THEM ON THE KNIFE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 09-00-1971

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RHYME OF MOCKERY

SUSIE AND JOHNNY SITTING IN A TREE, MM
K-I-S-S-I-N-G. MM
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE,/
THEN COMES JOHNNY WITH THE BABY CARRIAGE.

Submitter comment: ALWAYS SUNG AS A TYPE OF MOCKERY AND KIDDING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIRE SHORES, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; KISSING ; NUTSHELL NARRATIVE

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse

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VERSE

THE BOY STOOD ON A BURNING DECK,/ HIS FEET WERE FULL OF BLISTERS/
HE SLIPPED ON A NAIL AND TORE HIS PANTS,/
SO NOW HE WEARS HIS SISTERS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Highland

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 11-22-1970

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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

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RHYME

NEVER KISS AT THE GARDEN GATE, / LOVE IS BLIND BUT THE NEIGHBOURS
AIN'T.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): RHYME: AA

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: NOT RECORDED

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VERSE

HOW DRY I AM, HOW WET I'LL BE / IF I DON'T FIND THE BATHROOM KEY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Keyword(s): RHYME: AA ; RHYME: ABCB

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 11-00-1969

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BUST EXERCISE VERSE

WE MUST, WE MUST, WE MUST INCREASE OUR BUST.
FOR FEAR, FOR FEAR, FOR FEAR IT WILL GO TO THE REAR.

Data entry tech comment: I OFTEN SAID THIS IN THE BAHAMAS WHILE EXERCISING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANAPEST ; ITERATION ; RHYME: AA ; RHYME: AABB

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 00-00-1966

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CHILDREN'S RHYME

BIRDIE, BIRDIE IN THE SKY / DROPPED SOME WHITEWASH IN MY EYE.
AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT COWS DON'T FLY?

Data entry tech comment: LINES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY THE KEYPUNCHER.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): RHETORICAL QUESTION HUMOR WISH METER EUPHEMISM ; RHYME: AAA

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

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SPECTACLES

FOUR EYES, DOUBLE CHIN,/ ENOUGH TO MAKE THE MONKEY GRIN.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): COUPLET FUNCTION NONSENSE ; GLASSES INSULT ; RHYME: AA

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech

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FISHY

I WISH I WAS A FISHY IN THE BROOK/I WISH I WAS A FISHY IN THE BROOK/
FOR I'D SWIM IN MY NUDIE/ WITHOUT A BATHING SUITIE/ OH, I WISH I WAS
A FISHY IN THE BROOK }

Where learned: MICHIGAN

Keyword(s): ENVELOPE STRUCTURE ; FEMININE RHYME IMPERFECT RHYME ; HUMOROUS RHYME ; REPETITION FIRST PERSON ; RHYME: AABBA

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

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LITTLE BAR OF SOAP

I WISH I WAS A LITTLE BAR OF SOAP/ I WISH I WAS A LITTLE BAR OF SOAP
FOR I'D SLIPPIE AND I'D SLIDDIE/ DOWN EVERYBODY'S HIDDY/ OH, I WISH
I WAS A LITTLE BAR OF SOAP}

Where learned: MICHIGAN

Keyword(s): BATHTUB VERSE ; ENVELOPE STRUCTURE ; FEMININE RHYME NEOLOGISM ; REPETITION FIRST PERSON ; RHYME: AABBA

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 10-02-1965

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FALLING...

YOU MAY FALL FROM THE PORCH ROOF,/ YOU MAY FALL FROM ABOVE,
BUT THE GREATEST FALL YOU'LL EVER HAVE,/ IS WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA

Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 09-12-1965

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TAUNT

I SEE PARIS, I SEE FRANCE
I SEE (NAME'S) UNDERPANTS
ARE THEY RED, ARE THEY PINK?
I DON'T KNOW BUT THEY SURE DO STINK

Submitter comment: JULIE LEARNED THIS IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. SHE ADMITS SHE
PROBABLY SAID IT ALTHOUGH HER PARENTS DIDN'T WANT HER TO. NOW SHE
THINKS IT IS CRUDE.
COLORS
COUNTRIES
OLFACTORY
REPETITION
INITIAL ITERATION: I SEE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech

Date learned: CA00001966

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FEE, FI, FO, FUM. I SMELL THE BLOOD OF AN ENGLISHMAN.
BE HE LIVE OR BE HE DEAD
ILL BREAK HIS BONES TO BAKE MY BREAD.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHENEVER HE HEARS A GREEN GIANT COMMERCIAL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTIONAL SHIFT

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse
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Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.642

Date learned: 01-00-1979

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ARMY ESKIMO RHYME

"I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD, ESKIMO GIRLS ARE
MIGHTY COLD"... U. S. SERVICEMEN IN ALASKA DURING THE FIFTIES
DEVELOPED THIS LITTLE RHYME TO EXPLAIN HOW THINGS WERE
IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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JOHN AND MARY SITTING IN A TREE
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE
THEN COMES MARRIAGE
THEN COMES JOHN
IN A BABY CARRIAGE.

Submitter comment: THIS WAS DONE IN GRADE SCHOOL AS A TEASE ABOUT A COUPLE
EXPERIENCING PUPPY LOVE. KISSING WAS SPELLED OUT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES

James Callow Keyword(s): NUTSHELL NARRATIVE

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 04-11-1979

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