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CHILDREN'S RHYME
I HAD AN AUNT NELLIE / WHO HAD A WOODEN BELLIE / AND WHEN SHE
TOUCHED IT, / OUT POPPED JELLY.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): BELLY ; FEMININE RHYME ; ORTHOGRAPHY PROMPTED BY RHYME ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
RHYME
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES,/ BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME.
Submitter comment: SAID THIS DURING GRADE SCHOOL DAYS.
Where learned: GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; RHYME: AABC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
BUBBLE GUM VERSE
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM / IN A DISH / HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
VERSE
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB / HOW SHE DID IT, I'LL BE DAMMED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
RHYME OF MOCKERY
FATTY, FATTY TWO BY FOUR, / CAN'T GET THROUGH THE KITCHEN DOOR.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOCKERY RHYMES GRANDMOTHER CAN REMEMBER THAT WAS
THE MOST PREVALENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 02-24-1970
RHYME
JIMMY'S IT, / CAUGHT A FIT, / AND CAN'T GET OVER IT.
Submitter comment: CHILDREN USE THIS VERSE TO TAUNT THE ONE WHO'S IT.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
VERSE WITHIUT MUSIC
KINDERGARTEN BABY,/ WASH YOUR FACE ON GRAVY.
THEY ARE SULKING OR ACTING LIKE A BABY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SAID TO SOMEONE WHEN YOU ARE SCORNING THEM BECAUSE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; FUNCTION ; IMPERFECT RHYME: BABY/ GRAVY ; REBUKE ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 12-06-1965
AN INNOCENT MAIDEN FROM BUTTE
THOUGHT A BIG CITY SLICKER WAS CUTE.
NOW SHE'S IN, YOU MIGHT GUSS,
A MATFRNITY DRESS AND HE'S IH A PATERNITY SUIT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FAMILY OWNS A BAR AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
SHE REMEMBERED FROM A CUSTOMER.
INFORMANT'S DAMILY OWNS A BAR AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
SHE REMEMBERED FROM A CUSTOMER.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 10548 LAKEPOINTE
Keyword(s): LIMERICK ; RHYME: AABBA ; SEDUCTION ; TRIPLE RHYMES ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
OOGIE GOOIE
HE SAT UPON A RAILROAD TRACK, A TRAIN HE DID NOT SEE.
OOGIE GOOIE}
Submitter comment: NOT SUNG, BUT SING - SONGEY VERSE
Where learned: TOLD IN ; MONROE
Keyword(s): INDIRECTION EUPHEMISM ; RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
MULE IN THE BARNYARD TIRED AND SICK
BOY WITH A PIN ON THE END OF A STICK
BOY JABS MULE, MULE GIVES A LURCH
SERVICES MONDAY AT THE CORNER CHURCH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS IS A FAVORITE POEM RIDDLE OF HIS MOTHER'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16601 LIVERNOIS ; SAINT FRANCIS CLUB
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; INDIRECTION EUPHEMISM ; MISTREATMENT OF ANIMALS, PUNISHMENT FOR ; POETIC VUSTICE ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
LIMERICK
THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY OF NORWAY
WHO CASUALLY SAT IN A DOORWAY.
WHEN THE DOOR SQUEEZED HER FLAT
SHE EXCLAIMED, "WHAT OF THAT?"
THIS COURAGEOUS YOUNG LADY OF NORWAY.
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): IMPUSSIBLE SPEECH ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
LIMERICK
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN OF AUSTRALIA,
WHO PAINTED HIS BUM LIKE A DAHLIA.
THE DRAWING WAS FINE,
THE COLOR DIVINE,
THE SCENT - AH}THAT WAS A FAILURE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS ; IMPERFECT RHYME: DAHLIA/FAILURE ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
EPITAPH, FOUND IN BOOT HILL
HERE LIES LESTER MOORE
SIX SLUGS FROM A .44
NO LESS, NO MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH FROM GUNSHOT ; PUN ON PERSONAL NAME ; RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
MOCKERY RHYME
------------ IS A FRIEND OF MINE,
SHE RESEMBLES FRANKENSTEIN.
WHEN SHE DOES THE IRISH JIG,
SHE RESEMBLES PORKY PIG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIRE SHORES, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): MOVIE CHARACTHR ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
CHILDHOOD RHYME
WANT A NICKEL?
GO SUCK A PICKLE.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 885 COVINGTON
Keyword(s): CATCH ; FEMINING RHYME ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
POEM
MY TEACHER LOVES ME, SHE THINKS I AM DEAR,
SHE'S KEPT ME FOR THE 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR}
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM FOR FLUNKING ; IRONY ; RHYME: AA ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-16-1965
CHILDREN'S RHYME
OLD DADDY DACON,
BOUGHT A BIT OF BACON,
PUT IT ON A CHIMNEY TOP
FOR FEAR IT WOULD BE TAKEN.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SAYING
ROB HAW THE GLECAE (GLASCOW) GLUTTON/ STOLE LAMB AND A LEG OF MUTTON.
Submitter comment: VOLUNTEERED
Where learned: WORK
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
LYRICAL VERSE- CHILDREN'S RHYME:
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT.
I WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT
HAVE THIS WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL 204
Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; ITERATION ; RHYME: AAAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LYRICAL VERSE- CHILDREN'S RHYME:
SPRING, SPRING, SPRING
THE BIRD IS ON THE WING.
ABSURD, ABSURD, ABSURD
THE WING IS ON THE BIRD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
Keyword(s): ITERATION ; RHYME: AABB ; SATIRE OF IDIOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 03-23-1968