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AN INNOCENT MAIDEN FROM BUTTE
THOUGHT A BIG CITY SLICKER WAS CUTE.
NOW SHE'S IN, YOU MIGHT GUSS,
A MATFRNITY DRESS AND HE'S IH A PATERNITY SUIT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FAMILY OWNS A BAR AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
SHE REMEMBERED FROM A CUSTOMER.
INFORMANT'S DAMILY OWNS A BAR AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
SHE REMEMBERED FROM A CUSTOMER.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 10548 LAKEPOINTE
Keyword(s): LIMERICK ; RHYME: AABBA ; SEDUCTION ; TRIPLE RHYMES ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
OOGIE GOOIE
HE SAT UPON A RAILROAD TRACK, A TRAIN HE DID NOT SEE.
OOGIE GOOIE}
Submitter comment: NOT SUNG, BUT SING - SONGEY VERSE
Where learned: TOLD IN ; MONROE
Keyword(s): INDIRECTION EUPHEMISM ; RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
MULE IN THE BARNYARD TIRED AND SICK
BOY WITH A PIN ON THE END OF A STICK
BOY JABS MULE, MULE GIVES A LURCH
SERVICES MONDAY AT THE CORNER CHURCH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS IS A FAVORITE POEM RIDDLE OF HIS MOTHER'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16601 LIVERNOIS ; SAINT FRANCIS CLUB
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; INDIRECTION EUPHEMISM ; MISTREATMENT OF ANIMALS, PUNISHMENT FOR ; POETIC VUSTICE ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
LIMERICK
THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY OF NORWAY
WHO CASUALLY SAT IN A DOORWAY.
WHEN THE DOOR SQUEEZED HER FLAT
SHE EXCLAIMED, "WHAT OF THAT?"
THIS COURAGEOUS YOUNG LADY OF NORWAY.
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): IMPUSSIBLE SPEECH ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
LIMERICK
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN OF AUSTRALIA,
WHO PAINTED HIS BUM LIKE A DAHLIA.
THE DRAWING WAS FINE,
THE COLOR DIVINE,
THE SCENT - AH}THAT WAS A FAILURE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS ; IMPERFECT RHYME: DAHLIA/FAILURE ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LIMERICK
THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL FROM ST. PAUL,
WHO WENT TO THE NEWSPAPER BALL.
THE PLACE CAUGHT ON FIRE
AND BURNED HER ENTIRE
FRONT PAGE, SPORTS SECTION AND ALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCBB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
CHILDHOOD DITTY
OOEY GOOEY WAS A WORM,
A MIGHTY WORM WAS HE.
HE SAT UPON A RAILROAD TRACK,
THE TRAIN HE DID NOT SEE.
OOOEY GOOOEY}
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): INDIRECTION EUPHEMISM ; INTERNAL RHYME ; MOCK EPIC ; RHYME: ABCBB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
EPITAPH, FOUND IN BOOT HILL
HERE LIES LESTER MOORE
SIX SLUGS FROM A .44
NO LESS, NO MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH FROM GUNSHOT ; PUN ON PERSONAL NAME ; RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
MOCKERY RHYME
------------ IS A FRIEND OF MINE,
SHE RESEMBLES FRANKENSTEIN.
WHEN SHE DOES THE IRISH JIG,
SHE RESEMBLES PORKY PIG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIRE SHORES, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): MOVIE CHARACTHR ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
CHILDHOOD RHYME
WANT A NICKEL?
GO SUCK A PICKLE.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 885 COVINGTON
Keyword(s): CATCH ; FEMINING RHYME ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
LYRICAL VERSE- DAILY LIFE:
SING BEFORE YOU EAT. CRY BEFORE YOU SLEEP.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; IMPERFECT RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.330 |
Date learned: 04-02-1968
POEM
MY TEACHER LOVES ME, SHE THINKS I AM DEAR,
SHE'S KEPT ME FOR THE 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR}
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM FOR FLUNKING ; IRONY ; RHYME: AA ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-16-1965
CHILDREN'S RHYME
OLD DADDY DACON,
BOUGHT A BIT OF BACON,
PUT IT ON A CHIMNEY TOP
FOR FEAR IT WOULD BE TAKEN.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SAYING
ROB HAW THE GLECAE (GLASCOW) GLUTTON/ STOLE LAMB AND A LEG OF MUTTON.
Submitter comment: VOLUNTEERED
Where learned: WORK
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
LYRICAL VERSE- CHILDREN'S RHYME:
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT.
I WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT
HAVE THIS WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL 204
Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; ITERATION ; RHYME: AAAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LYRICAL VERSE- CHILDREN'S RHYME:
SPRING, SPRING, SPRING
THE BIRD IS ON THE WING.
ABSURD, ABSURD, ABSURD
THE WING IS ON THE BIRD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
Keyword(s): ITERATION ; RHYME: AABB ; SATIRE OF IDIOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 03-23-1968
VERSE
MOTHER, MOTHER, WHAT IS THAT
HANGING DOWN OLD GRANDMA'S BACK?
SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU DIRTY THING,
THAT'S YOUR GRANDMA'S CORSET STRING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAID WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD DURING THE 1920,S
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; 2579 ANDERSON RD
Keyword(s): DIALOGUE ; IMPROPRIETY ; QUESTION AND ANSWER ; RHYME: ABCC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
SPELLING RHYME
CHICKEN IN A CAR,
CAR WON'T GO,
THAT'S THE WAY YOU SPELL CHICAGO}
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS WHEN YOUNG IN THE 1920,S
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; 4236 WILLOW AVE ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
SPELLING RHYME
A KNIFE AND A FORK,
A BOTTLE AND A CORK,
THAT'S THE WAY YOU SPELL NEW YORK}
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS WHEN YOUNG IN THE 1920,S
Keyword(s): RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
MOUNTAINEERS WITH HAIRY EARS
WE'RE MOUNTAINEERS WITH HAIRY EARS;
WE DON'T WEAR ANY BRITCHES;
WE GREET OUR WIVES WITH BUTCHER KNIVES,
WE'RE HARDY SONS OF BITCHES.
Where learned: PLACE UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 09-00-1968