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Autograph Rhyme

Album Rhyme:

When evening pulls its curtains,

and pins it with a sstar,

Remember you have a friend indeed,

no matter where you are.

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Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee

Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Curtains ; Devotion ; DISTANCE ; Evening ; Friend ; Night ; Pin ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; Sky ; Star ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

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Autograph Rhyme

Album Rhyme:

When years and montyhs have glided by

And on this page you cast your eye,

Remember it was a friend sincere

That left this kind remembrance here.

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Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee

Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Devotion ; FRIENDSHIP ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

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Autograph Rhyme

Album Rhyme:

Roses are Red

Violets are Black

You'd look better

With a knife in your back

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Where learned: Tomlinson, Perry

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Back ; Black ; COLOR ; ENEMY ; FLOWERS ; KNIFE ; poem ; Red ; RHYME ; Roses ; Signature ; VERSE ; VERSE ; Violets

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

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Autograph Rhyme

Autograph Rhyme:

When you get married and live in a shoe,

Don't have so many children you don't know what to do.

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Where learned: Savage, Cindy

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

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Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Sleep and Health Rhyme:

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

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Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Healthy ; Man ; Maxim ; Rise ; SLEEP ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; Wealthy ; WISDOM ; Wise

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity

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Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

He'd lose his head if it wasn't attached.

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Keyword(s): Apothegm ; Attached ; HEAD ; Lose ; Man ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Vocabulary

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Language: Rhyme

When you get old and out of shape, remember Sears has corsets for 2.98

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Keyword(s): AGE ; Corset ; Language ; MONEY ; Old ; poem ; RHYME ; Sears ; SHAPE ; VERSE ; Vocabulary

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

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Language: Rhyme

Mary had a little lamb

The doctor had a fix

'Til Old Macdonald had a farm

Then the doctor quit.

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Where learned: Hoy, Linda

Keyword(s): DOCTOR ; Farm ; JOKE ; Lamb ; Language ; Mary ; Old MacDonald ; PLAY ON WORDS ; poem ; PUN ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY

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

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Language: Rhyme

If you get to Heaven

'Fore I do

Punch a little hole

And pull me through

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Keyword(s): HEAVEN ; Hole ; Language ; PLAY ON WORDS ; poem ; PUN ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY

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

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Language: Rhyme

When you get married and live in a truck,

Order your children from Sears Roebuck.

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Keyword(s): CHILDREN ; Language ; Married ; poem ; RHYME ; Roebuck ; Sears ; TRUCK ; VERSE ; Vocabulary

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

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Language: Rhyme

 I wish you luck

I wish you joy.

I wish you first a baby boy

And when his hair begins to curl

I wish you then a baby girl.

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Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; BABY ; Boy ; Curl ; Girl ; HAIR ; Language ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE ; WISH

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

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Language: Rhyme

When you get married and have twins

Don't come to me for safety pins.

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Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; BABY ; Language ; Pins ; poem ; RHYME ; SAFETY ; Signature ; TWINS ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse

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Language: Rhyme

Verse:

Forget me not

Forget me never

Till yonder sun

Has set forever.

Submitter comment:

Found in an autograph book from the 1880's

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Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Devotion ; FORGET ; Language ; poem ; RHYME ; SENTIMENT ; Set ; Signature ; Sun ; VERSE

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

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Language: Rhyme

When this you see remember me

And take a little catnip tea.

Submitter comment:

From autograph book of the 1880's

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Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Catnip ; Devotion ; Language ; poem ; Remember ; RHYME ; Signature ; TEA ; VERSE

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

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Language: Rhyme

While rocks and hills divide us,

And you no more I see

Just take your pen and paper,

And write a line to me.

Submitter comment:

Found in an autograph book from the 1880's

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Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; DISTANCE ; Hills ; Language ; Paper ; Pen ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE

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

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Language: Rhyme

Round is the ball

Which has no end

So is my love to 

You my friend

Submitter comment:

Found in an autograph book from the 1880's

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Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Ball ; Devotion ; Friend ; Language ; LOVE ; RHYME ; ROUND ; Signature ; VERSE

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

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Autograph Rhyme

This is another album full of leaves of snowy white, where no name is ever tarnighed but forever here and bright. In the book of life, God's Album, may your name be found with care, and may all who here have written, Have their names forever there.

Submitter comment:

Found in autograph book from the 1880's

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Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; BOOK ; God ; LIFE ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE

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

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Entertainment: Song

Jump-Rope Game:

"Double Dutch"

Lemonade, Lemonade,
Made in the shade.
Five cents a glass,
As big as an elephant's ass...K your mother!

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): ASS ; Cents ; Double Dutch ; ELEPHANT ; Entertainment ; Five ; GLASS ; Jump Rope ; Lemonade ; MONEY ; Play ; RHYME ; Shade ; SONG ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music
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Proverbial Saying

Retort:

Can't come in cans; cans come in success.

Submitter comment:

In school, 7th grade St. Theodore, SSJ, had on blackboard.

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James Callow comment:

Meaning?

Where learned: HOME ; Cunningham, Mrs WmC

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; CAN ; Can't ; Language ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; RETORT ; SUCCESS ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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Verse

Good night

Sleep tight

Don't let the bed bugs bite.

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James Callow comment:

Verse?

Where learned: 23950 CUNNINGHAM ; Kmiecik, Josephine

Keyword(s): ; Bed Bugs ; Bite ; Lullabye ; Night ; RHYME ; SLEEP ; VERSE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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