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SAVE YOUR NICKELS,
SAVE YOUR DIMES.
WHEN YOU GET FIVE DOLLARS,
COME UP AND SEE ME SOME TIME.
ROSES ARE RED,
BUTTERCUPS ARE YELLOW.
WHAT'S A "PUER" WITHOUT A "PUELLA?"
BREAD IS BREAD
CHEESE IS CHEESE.
WHAT IS A KISS WITHOUT A SQUEEZE?

Submitter comment: FROM MY MOTHER'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 00-00-1937

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CALIFORNIA GROWS PEACHES
FLORIDA GROWS THEM TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW ONE LIKE YOU.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT KISSING'S A SIN.
BUT WHERE ON EARTH DID IT BEGIN?
WELL ADAM KISSED EVE
AND EVE'S OUR MOTHER,
SO WHY ON EARTH CAN'T WE
KISS EACH OTHER?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 00-00-1955

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GOD MADE THE OCEAN,
GOD MADE THE BEACH,
AND WHEN HE MADE (NAME)
HE SURE MADE A PEACH.
ASHES TO ASHES,
DUST TO DUST,
IF IT WASN'T FOR (PERSON'S NAME),
YOUR LIPS WOULD RUST.

Where learned: SAINT HYACINTH GRADE SCHOOL ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 10-10-1967

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ONE OLD HEN,
SIX LITTLE CHICKENS,
I LOVE YOU TO BEAT THE DICKENS.
COWS LOVE PUMPKINS,
HOGS LOVE SQUASH,
BUT I LOVE YOU, BY GOSH!
AS SURE AS THE VINE GROWS 'ROUND THE RAFTER,
YOU'RE THE ONE I'M AFTER.
WHEEL BROKE, AXLE DRAGGIN',
YOU CAN RIDE ON MY RED WAGGON.

Submitter comment: MISSOURI, 1943

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 11-30-1967

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YOURS TIL NIAGRA (SIC) FALLS!

Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRVIEW PARK

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 00-00-1961

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CALIFORNIA GROWS ORANGES, TEXAS DOES TOO,
BUT IT TOOK A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 10-00-1969

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PEACHES GROW IN CALIFORNIA,
THEY GROW IN FLORIDA TOO,
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 00-00-1963

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PEACHES GROW IN CALIFORNIA,
AND IN FLORIDA TOO,
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

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YOURS TILL THE TOE NAILS.
YOURS TILL THE BONES KNIT.
YOURS TILL THE BONES KNIT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 10-00-1967

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

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

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REMEMBER THE TURTLE,
REMEMBER THE DOVE,
REMEMBER THE DAY
YOU AND (BLANK) FELL IN LOVE.

Submitter comment: FILL IN THE BLANK WITH ANY BOY'S NAME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP ; WESTLAND

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 00-00-1963

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I LOVE YOU HEAP.
I LOVE YOU LOT.
MY LOVE FOR YOU WILL FILL TIN POTS.
14 KETTLES AND 6 TIN PANS,
2 WASH TUBS AND 2 LARD CANS.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

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DRAW A LARGE BULLETIN BOARD SIGN WITH THE FOLLOWING
INSIDE:
THEY SAY IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE,
REMEMBER ME TO ALL THE GUYS.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS SHE DID THIS ALL THE TIME IN 1961-1962.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 03-12-1970

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THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE PARK.
BUT THE TULIPS I LIKE BEST,
ARE TULIPS IN THE DARK.

Submitter comment: I READ THIS IN AUTOGRAPH BOOKS AND WROTE IT IN
AUTOGRAPH BOOKS MYSELF.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Keyword(s): PUN ; TWO LIPS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 10-17-1967

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INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL,
BUT A SMILE LIKE YOURS MAKES AN EXCELLENT PARASOL.

Submitter comment: ENTRY DATED 6/6/1969 IN MARTHA POWER'S AUTOGRAPH
BOOK KEPT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN DURING THE MONTHS
OF MAY AND JUNE FOR THE OCCASION OF GRADE SCHOOL
GRADUATION.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 03-24-1970

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ORANGES GROW IN CALIFORNIA,
THEY GROW IN MICHIGAN TOO.
BUT ONLY GOOD OLD MICHIGAN
CAN GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU!
IF I WERE A CABBAGE
I'D CUT MYSELF IN TWO
AND GIVE HALF OF ME TO YOU!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

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FLORIDA GROWS ORANGES,
CALIFORNIA DOES TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
YOU KISSED HIM BY THE GARDEN GATE,
YOUR MOTHER HEARD THE SMACK.
SHE SAID YOU WERE A NAUGHTY GIRL,
AND MADE YOU GIVE IT BACK.

Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN MISS MATTHEWS' BOOK BY A SIXTH
GRADE CLASSMATE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 00-00-1956

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FLORIDA GROWS ORANGES,
CALIFORNIA DOES TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 06-03-1959

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IT TAKES FLORIDA TO GROW ORANGES
AND CALIFORNIA TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

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ORANGES GROW IN FLORIDA,
CALIFORNIA TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNDATED ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 00-00-1960

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