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YOURS TILL NIAGARA FALLS.

Submitter comment: THIS SIGNATURE WAS USED BY SUE MC ANINCH TO THE
VERSE IN KATHY'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; LOCATION ; PUN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 11-06-1971

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YOURS 'TIL THE OCEAN RUNS DRY.
YOURS TIL THE KITCHEN SINKS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PUN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 04-18-1971

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IN FLORIDA THEY GROW ORANGES,
IN CALIFORNIA TOO.
BUT ONLY OUR DEAR MICHIGAN
CAN PRODUCE A PEACH LIKE YOU!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ABCB ; LOCATION

James Callow Keyword(s): IN PLACE OF MICHIGAN ANY STATE OR PLACE COULD BE LISTED.

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE PARK.
BUT THE TULIPS I LIKE BEST,
ARE TULIPS IN THE DARK.

Submitter comment: I READ THIS IN AUTOGRAPH BOOKS AND WROTE IT IN
AUTOGRAPH BOOKS MYSELF.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Keyword(s): PUN ; TWO LIPS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 10-17-1967

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ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLACK
I WISH YOU HAD
A KNIFE IN YOUR BACK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): SICK HUMOR

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 00001961-1962

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YOU SWEEP WITH A BROOM,
YOU MOP WITH A MOP,
BUT WHATEVER YOU DO,
DON'T MARRY A WOP.

Submitter comment:

THIS WOMAN, WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, PERMITTED
ME TO COLLECT THESE VERSES FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
THE VERSES WERE ENTERED BY HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES
IN 1939.

Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE

James Callow Keyword(s): DEROGATORY TERM=WOP (FOR ITALIAN)

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune

Date learned: 00-00-1939

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WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS SETTING
AND YOUR MIND FROM CARE IS FREE
WHILE OF OTHERS YOU ARE THINKING
WON'T YOU SOMETIMES THINK OF ME?
YOURS TIL THE MONKEY CLIMS
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST!

Submitter comment: ENTRY IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF MARION HOLMES PETERSON

James Callow Keyword(s): MAGAZINE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship

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I LOVE COFFEE, I LOVE TEA
MOST OF ALL I LOVE VICTORY.
KEEP THE GARDEN GROWING
BY THE DAILY TASK OF HOEING.
TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT ARE LAZY
WHILE YOU IN THE FIELD GET HAZY
YOUR FOR VICTORY

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

James Callow Keyword(s): WAR SLOGANS VICTORY GARDENS WORLD WAR II

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere)

Date learned: 07-11-1943

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YOURS TILL NIGGERS TURN WHITE

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW

James Callow Keyword(s): RACISM

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 00001929-1933

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A HUT
SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR BABY'S BUTT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT MARTIN GRADE SCHOOL

James Callow Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 00001958-1960

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, AND HAVE NOTHING TO EAT,
CUT OFF YOUR WHISKERS AND HAVE SHREDDED WHEAT.

Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): CEREAL=SHREDDED WHEAT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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WHEN YOU'RE MARRIED AND LIVE BY THE SEA,
PUT ON YOUR SPECKS AND THINK OF ME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): SPECKS=SPECTACLES GLASSES.

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 00001961-1970

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WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND CANNOT SEE,
PUT ON YOUR SPECKS AND THINK OF ME.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

James Callow Keyword(s): SPECTACLES GLASSES

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me

Date learned: 01-04-1934

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WHEN YOU GET OLD AND CANNOT SEE
PUT ON YOUR SPECKS AND THINK OF ME.

Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA

James Callow Keyword(s): SPECTACLES

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me

Date learned: 00-00-1929

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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BIGGER
TWO MORE LEGS, AND YOU'D LOOK LIKE TRIGGER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): TRIGGER=ROY ROGERS' HORSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations

Date learned: 00-00-1962

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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET AND SO ARE YOU.
THE ROSES ARE WILTED, THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
THE SUGAR IS LUMPY, AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID SOMEONE ACTUALLY HAD THE GALL
TO WRITE THIS IN HER BOOK.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations

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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
TO A NICE KID, WHO ISN'T A SMOO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG SHMOO JERK DOPE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations

Date learned: 07-00-1964

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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
YOU HAVE A NOSE LIKE A B-32 (B-52?)

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): BOMBER PLANE USED DURING WORLD WAR II

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations

Date learned: 10-10-1967

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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE GREEN,
YOU'D THINK BETTER WITH SOME BRAINS IN YOUR BEAN. CK[ SLANG=BEAN FOR HEAD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT JAMES SCHOOL ; FERNDALE

James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG=BEAN FOR HEAD

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations

Date learned: 00-00-1959

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2 SWEET
2 DRINK
4 ROSES

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Updated 11.10.13 by TRD

James Callow comment:

WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM.

4 Roses is a wine/whiskey

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Wordplay, Mathematics, Addition, Slang

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing

Date learned: 10-05-1971

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