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I HAD A LITTLE CHICKEN WHO WOULDN'T LAY AN EGG
SO I RUBBED HOT WATER UP AND DOWN HER LEG.
THE LITTLE CHICKEN CRIED
AND THE LITTLE CHICKEN BEGGED
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Greene, Marilee
Keyword(s): Chicken ; CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Children's Song ; Egg ; Hard Boiled ; Kid ; RHYME ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
ONE, TWO, THREE
TICKA, TOCKA, TEE
SING A SONG FOR ---- (NAME)
SING A SONG FOR ME!
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Hopkins, Lula
Keyword(s): CHILDREN ; Children's Song ; RHYME ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
JUST PLANT A WATERMELON ON MY GRAVE
AND LET THE JUICE SLIP THROUGH.
JUST PLANT A WATERMELON ON MY GRAVE
THAT'S ALL I ASK OF YOU!
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): CHILDREN ; Children's Song ; Grave ; Juice ; RHYME ; Watermelon
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
"I'M A NUT"
LITTLE ACORN FAT AND ROUND
LAYING ON THE COLD, COLD GROUND
EVERYBODY STEPS ON ME
THAT'S WHY I'M CRACKED YOU SEE!
I'M A NUT (CLAP, CLAP)
I'M A NUT (CLAP, CLAP)
I'M A GREAT (CLAP, CLAP)
BIG NUT (CLAP, CLAP).
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Acorn ; Children's Song ; NUT ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
"HANGMAN"
HANGMAN, HANGMAN SLACK YOUR ROPE.
HANGMAN, HANGMAN SLACK YOUR ROPE.
SLACK IT FOR A K-K-K-K- ( SOUND AS IF CHOKING).
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Children's Song ; Hangman ; RHYME ; Rope ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
EDDIE-COOCHA-CACHA-GAMMA
TOASTA-NARA-TOASTA-NOVA.
SAMMY-WAMMY-WAAACKI BROWN
FELL INTO THE WELL AND DROWN(ED).
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Children's Song ; RHYME ; SONG ; Well
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
2 (TOO) SWEET
2 (TO) BE
________
4 (FORGOTTEN) GOTTEN
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; RHYME ; Signature
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
YOUR NOSE LOOKS LIKE A B-52.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Autograph Rhyme ; B-52 ; Blue ; COLOR ; FLOWERS ; NOSE ; poem ; Red ; RHYME ; Roses ; Signature ; Violets
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
I SCREAM
U (YOU) SCREAM
WE ALL SCREAM
FOR ICE CREAM!
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Sharp, Susan
Keyword(s): CHANT ; GAME ; ICE CREAM ; Jump Rope ; JUMP ROPE RHYME ; poem ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 05-00-1972
I LIKE COFFEE,
I LIKE TEA,
I WANT ------(NAME)
TO JUMP WITH ME!
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Coffee ; Jump Rope ; JUMP ROPE RHYME ; poem ; RHYME ; SONG ; TEA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
STEP ON A CRACK AND YOU'LL BREAK THE DEVIL'S DISHES.
VARIATION: STEP ON A CRACK AND YOU'LL BREAK YOUR
MOTHER'S BACK.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Back ; CHILDREN ; Crack ; DEVIL ; Dishes ; GAME ; RHYME ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
FAR BE I FOR ME
TO PASS JUDGMENT ON THEE.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Greene, Marilee
Keyword(s): Judgment ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Saying
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF YOU SING IN BED,
YOU'LL WISH YOU WERE DEAD.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Greggory, Marion
Keyword(s): Bed ; BELIEF ; Dead ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Saying ; Sing
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF YOU MARRY IN PINK
YOUR LOVE WILL STINK.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Greggory, Marion
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; LOVE ; Marry ; Pink ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Stink ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Language: Rhyme
Little Sally Walker, sittin in a saucer,
Rise, Sally, Rise.
Now winking eyes, Now you shake it to the East,
Shake it to the West, Shake it to the very one that Sally loves the best.
Around and around and around she goes,
Where she stops, nobody knows.
Submitter comment:
Hand Clapping Game
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Harris, Patricia
Keyword(s): Clapping ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; Sally ; Social
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Riddle
Flour of England, Fruit of Spain-
Met together in a shower of rain.
Put in a bag and tied round with a string-
If you'll tell me this riddle
I'll give you a ring.
Answer: Plum Pudding
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Felderman, Roberta ; Normandy
Keyword(s): England ; Language ; Plum Pudding ; RHYME ; RIDDLE ; Spain
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Riddle
Long legs, crooked thighs, little head and no eyes.
Answer: Tongs
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Entry by TRD
Keyword(s): BODY PARTS ; PUZZLE ; RHYME ; RIDDLE ; Tongs ; UTENSILS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Riddle
Black we are, but much admired
Men seek for us until they are tired.
We tire the horse, but comfort man
Tell me this riddle, if you can!
Answer: Coal
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Keyword(s): COAL ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Entertainment: Song
Way down South when I was born
They raised the cotton and the corn
Ke-mo ky-mo dar-o whack
Hike ta-mo Hoke ta-mo
Ring dum pop-a-didle
In step sally winkle
Nip cat penny winkle
Sing a song of kitchi-katchi ky-me-oh
Submitter comment:
Source: my grandmother who says it is a family song learned in 1880.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BEDFORD COUNTY
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; MUSIC ; RHYME ; Slave ; SONG ; South ; WORK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song |
Entertainment: Song
I love you a bushel and a peck.
A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.
(then hug the person around the neck)
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Keyword(s): CHILDHOOD ; Entertainment ; HUG ; RHYME ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
