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JACK AND JILL WENT UP THE HILL, EACH ONE HAD A QUARTER.
WHEN THEY CAME DOWN JILL HAD FIFTY CENTS
AND YOU CAN BET THEY DIDN
James Callow comment: KEYPUNCH CARDS ARE MISSING HERE
Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
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LITTLE BOY BLEW (BLUE) TIL HIS FATHER FOUND OUT
Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
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LITTLE JACK HORNER SAT IN THE CORNER EATING HIS SISTER
Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
LITTLE JACK HORNER SAT IN THE CORNER...DEAD
Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
HAND CLAPPING RHYME
FISHY, FISHY, IN A BROOK,
DADDY CATCH 'EM ON A HOOK.
MAMA FRY 'EM IN A PAN,
BABY EAT 'EM LIKE A MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-12-1972
THREE, SIX, NINE
THE GOOSE DRANK WINE.
THE MONKEY CHEWED TOBACCO ON THE STREET CAR LINE. THE LINE BROKE. THE MONKEY GOT CHOKED. THEY ALL WENT TO HEAVEN IN A LITTLE ROW BOAT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED BOTH AS A HAND CLAPPING RHYME AND AS A JUMP ROPE
RHYME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IMPERFECT RHYME ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
LIAR, LIAR, YOUR PANTS ARE ON FIRE.
GOT THEM CAUGHT ON A TELEPHONE WIRE.
Submitter comment: THIS CHANT IS REPEATED WHEN SOMEONE IS CAUGHT LYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
CRY, BABY, CRY.
STICK YOUR FINGER IN YOUR EYE.
TELL YOUR MOTHER IT WASN'T I.
Submitter comment: THIS IS RECITED TO SHAME CHILDREN WHO ARE CRYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; RHYME: AAA ; VERBAL IRONY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
TWO IN A CAR,
TWO LITTLE KISSES
TWO WEEKS LATER,
MR. AND MRS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-16-1972
STOP MAKING LOVE AT (NAME'S) GATE,
LOVE IS BLIND, BUT NEIGHBORS AIN'T.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): AA ; HUMOROUS PLAY ON PROVERB ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-10-1972
DOWN IN THE FOREST,
CARVED IN A TREE,
ARE TWO LITTLE WORDS,
"REMEMBER ME".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 11-11-972
SEE A PENNY,
PICK IT UP,
ALL THE DAY,
YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IMPERFECT THYME: UP - LUCK ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Good luck P881.15 |
Date learned: 11-1-1972
DON'T WORRY IF YOUR WORK IS SMALL,
OR YOUR REWARDS ARE FEW.
REMEMBER THAT THE MIGHTY OAK,
WAS ONCE A NUT LIKE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): METER: ALTERNATING IAMBIC TETRAMETER AND IAMBIC TRIMETER ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-24-1972
TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
TULIPS IN THE PARK,
BUT THE TULIPS YOU LIKE THE BEST,
ARE THE TWO LIPS IN THE DARK,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; PUN: TULIPS AND TWO LIPS ; RHYME: ABCB ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
WHEN YOUR HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER,
AND LIFE'S PATH NO MORE YOU TROD.
MAY YOUR NAME IN GOLD BE WRITTEN,
IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): DEATH SALVATION NAME MAGIC ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-24-1972
TRUE FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS,
PRECIOUS AND RARE.
FALSE ONES ARE LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES,
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB ; SIMILES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
YOUR'S 'TILL THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS,
AND SEAS THE SALAD DRESSING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSES COLLECTED IN 1941.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; EUPHEMISM: HEAT FOR HELL ; PUNS ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
TWO IN A HAMMOCK,
READY TO KISS,
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THEY WENT LIKE THIS. (THE WORD "THIS" IS WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN.)
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSES COLLECTED IN 1941
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-12-1972
LITTLE SALLY WALKER
LITTLE SALLY WALKER,
WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE'S WALKING,
BUT SHE SURE HAS GOT THAT BEAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1974
LIMERICK
THERE WAS AN OLD PERSON IN TOWN
WHOSE FACE WAS ADORNED WITH A FROWN
WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR,
FOR A MINUTE OR MORE,
HE ALARMED ALL THE PEOPLE IN TOWN.
Submitter comment:
THESE LIMERICKS WERE LEARNED OF IN A SIXTH GRADE ENGLISH CLASS
AT SAINT HEDWIG GRADE SCHOOL. THE BOOK THEY WERE TAKED FROM
IS NOT KNOWN BY ME BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD BY THE TEACHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00001960S