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THE BOY STOOD ON THE BURNING DECK,
HIS TRUNK WAS PACKED FOR JERUSALEM.
THE WIND BLEW ALL AROUND HIS FACE,
HIS NAME WAS AL METHUSALEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN BIBLICAL CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-14-1969
PAUL REVERE'S DASH
TWAS THE 18TH OF APRIL IN '75,
HARDLY A MAN IS YET ALIVE
WHO REMEMBERS THAT FAMOUS DAY AND YEAR,
OF THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE.
UP THE ALLEY AND DOWN THE STREET,
A TWENTY-YARD DASH FOR THE TOILET SEAT.
Submitter comment:
SHE FIRST HEARD IT IN A SEVENTH-GRADE CLASS FROM ANOTHER
PUPIL AT OUR LADY QUEEN OF HEAVEN SCHOOL IN 1961.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OUR LADY QUEEN OF HEAVEN SCHOOL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTICLIMAX ; PARODY ; PARODY OF POEM: MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
FOLK POETRY
DID YOU EVER SEE A HEARSE GO BY? IT MEANS YOU MAY BE THE NEXT TO DIE. THEY WRAP YOU UP IN A BIG WHITE SHEET, AND THROW YOU DOWN ABOUT SIX FEET DEEP. THE WORMS CRA; IN, THE WORMS CRA; OUT,
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): GORE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.346 BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
LYRICAL VERSE
MOSES SUPPOSES HIS TOES-ES ARE ROSES,
BUT MOSES SUPPOSES ERRONEOUSLY,
FOR MOSES HE KNOWS-ES HIS TOES-ES AREN'T ROSES,
AS MOSES SUPPOSES HIS TOES-ES TO BE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS IN FERNDALE, MICHIGAN, FROM A YOUNG FRIEND
OF FRENCH AND POLISH LINEAGE, FORMERLY A CANADIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): BIBLICAL NAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
CHILDREN'S RHYME
MOTHER, MOTHER, NELLY, NELLY,
MAKE A CAKE TO FILL MY BELLY.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHILDREN'S RHYME
(NAME) IS NO GOOD,
CHOP HIM UP FOR FIREWOOD.
IF THE FIRE DOESN'T BURN,
PUT HIM IN THE BUTTER CHURN.
IF THE BUTTER IS NO GOOD,
TAKE HIM OUT AND SPANK HIM GOOD.
Submitter comment:
TOLD BY MY INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER TO HIM WHEN HE WAS
VERY YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHAIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
CHILDREN'S VERSE
TWELVE AND TWELVE MAKES TWENTY FOUR,
SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND SAY NO MORE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated 11.10.13 by TRD
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): Arithmetic, Math, Mathematics, Addition,
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHILDREN'S CHANT
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN, DO YOUR DUTY,
HERE COMES (GIRL'S NAME) THE AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA,
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS,
SHE CAN WEAR DRESSES,
ABOVE HER HIPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
Keyword(s): FASHION--DRESS LENGTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse DRAMA -- Secular |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
SHAVE AND A HAIRCUT
SIX BITS,
WHO IS THE BARBER?
TOM MIX.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): TOM MIX=OLD TIME MOVIE STAR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |