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CHILDREN'S RHYME: ANIMAL
DEAR OLD MR. FOX,
HE NEEDS A CHRISTMAS BOX,
A HAT AND A COAT,
AND A PAIR OF KHAKI SOCKS.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SCHOOL RHYME
DETENTION, DETENTION, DETENTION,
I'VE FORGOTTEN MY LATIN DECLENSION.
THE SECOND OR THE FIRST?
THE THIRD IS THE WORST.
DETENTION, DETENTION, DETENTION.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EENY MEENY MAKARAKE
CHER A DOMINACKE
CHICK A CHOL A LOLLIPOPE
AM TAM TISH.
Where learned: VOLUNTEERED
Keyword(s): NONSENSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
ENGINE, ENGINE, NUMBER NINE,
RAN ALONG THE RAILROAD LINE.
TOOT, TOOT, YOU'RE OUT
ENGINE, ENGINE, NUMBER NINE.
Where learned: VOLUNTEERED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
FROM GHOULIES AND GHASTIES,
AND LING LEGGED BEASTIES,
AND ALL THINGS THAT GO THUMP IN THE NIGHT,
THE GOOD LORD PROTECT ME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS RHYME WHILE IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PARODY PRAYER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
CHILDHOOD RHYME
FUZZY-WUZZY WAS A BEAR,
FUZZY-WUZZY HAD NO HAIR,
FUZZY-WUZZY WASN'T FUZZY,
WAS HE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
GOD MADE THE BEES,
AND THE BEES MADE THE HONEY.
WE DO THE WORK,
AND THE TEACHER GETS THE MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UTICA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
TEASE
GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT,
DON'T LET THE BEDBUGS BITE.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT,
DON'T LET THE BEDBUGS BITE.
Submitter comment: TOLD THIS BY PARENTS WHEN SENT TO BED AS A CHILD.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1948
CHILDREN'S RHYME
HE MET HER IN THE GARDEN,
THE MOON WAS SHINING BRIGHT.
SHE WAS A MARBLE STATE,
AND HE WAS DRUNK THAT NIGHT.
THEY SAT OUT ON THE BACK PORCH,
THEIR LIPS WERE TIGHTLY PRESSED.
THE OLD MAN GAVE THE SIGNAL,
THE BULLDOG DID THE REST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
HI HO, HI HO,
I KICKED MY TEACHER'S TOE,
SHE KICKED ME BACK,
O, WHAT A CAT,
HI HO, HI HO.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): PARODY ON SONG FROM "SNOW WHITE." ; TUNE OF "HI HO, HI HO, IT'S OFF TO WORK WE GO"
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HI HO, HI, HO,
IT'S OFF TO SCHOOL WE GO,
TO STUDY JUNK,
THEN TO FLUNK,
HI HO, HI HO, HI HO.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): PARODY ON SONG FROM "SNOW WHITE." ; TUNE OF "HI HO, HI HO, IT'S OFF TO WORK WE GO"
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHILDREN'S VERSE
I HAD A WOODEN WHISTLE,
AND IT WOULDN'T WHISTLE.
I GOT A STEEL WHISTLE,
AND IT STILL WOULDN'T WHISTLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): ONOMATOPOEIA ; PUN=WOULDN'T WOODEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
CHILD'S VERSE
IF ALL THE WORLD WAS APPLE PIE,
AND ALL THE SEA WAS INK,
AND ALL THE TREES WERE BREAD AND CHEESE,
WHAT WOULD WE HAVE TO DRINK?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): FANTASY ; NURSERY RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING,
THE OLD MAN IS SNORING.
Submitter comment: THIS VERSE IS SUNG BY A CHILD WHEN IT'S RAINING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTHROPORMORPHIC NAME FOR GOD. ; CHANT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LYRICAL VERSE--CHILDREN'S RHYME
I WISH I WAS A LITTLE PIECE OF FUR.
I WISH I WAS A LITTLE PIECE OF FUR.
AND OH BY HECK, ALL THE GIRLS I'D NECK!
I WISH I WAS A LITTLE PIECE OF FUR.
Data entry tech comment: "NECK" MEANS "KISS" OR "MAKE LOVE TO."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 04-02-1968
LYRICAL VERSE-CHILDREN'S RHYME
I WISH I WAS A LITTLE PIECE OF SOAP.
I WISH I WAS A LITTLE PIECE OF SOAP.
I'D SLIPPY AND I'D SLIDEY OVER EVERYBODY'S HIDEY,
I WISH I WAS A LITTLE PIECE OF SOAP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HIDEY=SKIN BODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
CHILDREN'S RHYME
JEREMIAH, PUFF THE FIRE,
PUFF, PUFF, PUFF.
FIRST, HE BLOWS IT GENTLY,
AND THEN HE BLOWS IT ROUGH.
JEREMIAH, PUFF THE FIRE.
PUFF, PUFF, PUFF.
Submitter comment: NO INFORMATION AS TO WHEN THIS WAS USUALLY RECITED.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): INCLUSION, SEXTET, CONTRAST ; INDIRECTION, CHARM, ADVICE ; METER: ROCHEE RHYME: ABCBAB ; ONOMATOPOEIA, REPETITION, REFRAIN ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia |
Date learned: 11-06-1970
JOHN JACOB JINGLE-HIMER SMITH (SCHMIDT)
THAT'S MY NAME, TOO,
WHENEVER I GO OUT, THE PEOPLE ALWAYS SHOUT,
"JOHN JACOB JINGLE-HIMER SMITH."
HURRAH HURRAH HURRAH FOR... (REPEAT)
Submitter comment:
SHE NOTED IN THE WRITTEN COPY THAT SHE GAVE ME THAT THE
"I" IN "HIMER" WAS PRONOUNCED WITH A LONG SOUND AS IN
"HIGH."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOROUS NAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
CHILDREN'S NURSERY RHYME
KIBBIE KA BY BEE HALL UDEE
YA KIBBE LA TID GUDIE
KIBBIE KA BY BEE KIB BOO HA
LA (A PERSON'S NAME) LA GUDOO HA
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A LEBANESE NONSENSICAL NURSERY RHYME, WHICH IS OFTEN
RECITED BY MOTHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN.
TRANSLATED IT MEANS:
MEAT PATTIES THIS SIZE
MEAT PATTIES ARE FOR DINNER
MEAT PATTIES ARE FOR (PERSON'S NAME) TO EAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |