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ONE LESS TEST
WHEN I SET MYSELF DOWN TO STUDY,
I PRAY THE LORD I DON,T GO NUTTY;
AND IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
THAT'S ONE LESS TEST I'LL HAVE TO TAKE
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): AABB ; PARODY-PRAYER QUATRAIN HUMOR STUDYING-TESTS ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
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: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): PARODY--POEM COMPARE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE ANTI-CLIMAX ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-13-1968
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB.
THE DOCTOR WAS SURPRISED.
BUT WHEN OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM,
HE COULDN'T BELIEVE HIS EYES,
Submitter comment: UNDETERMINED ORIGIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): PARODY--NURSERY RHYME QUATRAIN BIRTH PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
OLD KING COLE WAS A MERRY OLD SOUL
A MERRY OLD SOUL WAS HE;
HE CALLED FOR HIS PIPE AND HIS OPIUM BOWL,
AS WELL AS SOME LSD.
Where learned: COLORADO ; FORT LYON
Keyword(s): PARODY--NURSERY RHYME QUATRAIN DRUGS--OPIUM, LSD CHIASMUS ; RHYME: ABAB ; SUPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
GOOD SILVER, GOOD MEAT,
GOOD GOD, LET'S EAT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PARODY HUMOR BLESSING
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
GRAFFITI
GOD DIDN'T CREATE THE WORLD IN SEVEN DAYS.
HE GOOFED AROUND FOR SIX AND THEN
PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER.
Data entry tech comment: A SIMILAR VERSE WAS USED IN THE MOVIE "OH GOD}"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BASEMENT CARVEL 2
Keyword(s): BIBLICAL: GENESIS PARODY HUMOR TIME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
GRAFFITI
GOD ISN'T DEAD, HE IS JUST ON VACATION IN MIAMI BEACH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PLUM ST
Keyword(s): FLORIDA PARODY RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
GRAFFITI
LSD MELTS IN YOUR MIND, NOT IN YOUR HAND.
Data entry tech comment: THIS IS A PARODY OF THE M&M CANDY COMMERCIAL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PLUM ST
Keyword(s): DRUGS PARODY OF TV COMMERCIAL ADVICE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
NO MONEY PROVERB.
"LACK OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL."
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16860 FREELAND
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T TAKE BATHS IN THE
DAYTIME.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A REVISION OF A PROVERB. I FIND THIS PROVERB MORE
INTERESTING THAN THE ORIGINAL BECAUSE THE REVISION PLACES GREATER
EMPHASIS ON THE BARE FACT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-13-1980
LIMERICK
THE BOY STOOD ON THE BURNING DECK;
HIS FEET WERE FULL OF BLISTERS.
HE CLIMBED A LOFT, BURNED HIS PANTS RIGHT OFF
AND NOW HE WEARS HIS SISTERS'.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT IS A VERY COMICAL PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: CA00001970
IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD
WHILE ALL ABOUT YOU ARE LOSING THEIRS
PERHAPS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION.
Submitter comment: CONVERSATION
Where learned: OHIO
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
NIGHT PRAYER
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP,
WITH A BAG OF PEANUTS AT MY FEET,
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
YOU'LL KNOW I DIED OF A BELLY ACHE!
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MOCK PRAYER
BEFORE MEAL PRAYER: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF
THE SON AND HOLY GHOST, WHO EVER EATS FASTEST, GETS MOST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
MOCK PRAYER
IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AT LUNCH TIME A COMMON BEFORE
MEAL PRAYER WAS "RUB-A-DUB-DUB, THANKS FOR THE GRUB,
YEA GOD."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MEAL PRAYER
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND HOLY GHOST.
WHO EASTS THE FASTEST, GETS THE MOST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-06-1971
GOD BLESS THE POTATOES, GOD BLESS THE MEAT,
EVERYONE WITH PANTS ON, SIT DOWN AND EAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
PARODY OF THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SKIP THE SON, JUMP THE FENCE,
AND MAKE A HOME RUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
PUT 25 DOLLARS AT MY FEET,
PUT SYRUP IN MY HAND,
SO I CAN SUP MY WAY TO THE PROMISED LAND.
Where learned: WORK
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
MOCK PRAYER
THIS LITTLE COUPLET WAS SAID BY THE INFORMANT AS A GRACE
BEFORE MEALS. IT WAS SAID WHILE LOOKING UP TOWARDS
HEAVEN AND RUBBING HIS HANDS TOGETHER IN ANTICIPATION
OF A GOOD MEAL:
RUB-A-DUB-DUB,
THANKS FOR THE GRUB.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SEMINARY ; PLATTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00001966 FALL