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THERE WAS A MAN UPON THE STAIRS,
GEE I WISH HE WASN'T THERE.
HE WASN'T THERE AGAIN TODAY,
GEE, I WISH HE'D GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER MANY YEARS AGO.
Data entry tech comment:
YESTERDAY UPON THE STAIR, I SAW A MAN THAT WASN'T THERE.
HE WASN'T THERE AGAIN TODAY,
OH, HOW I WISH HE'D GO AWAY (THAT'S THE WAY I HEARD IT)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS CONTRADICTIONS QUATRAIN ; FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE ; REPETITION METER: IAMB. RHYME: IMPERFECT, DOUBLE ; RHYME AABB ; SLANG CONTRADICTION ; WISH GHOSTS FEAR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
THERE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN NAMED BRIGHT,
WHOSE SPEED WAS MUCH FASTER THAN LIGHT.
SHE SET OUT ONE DAY,
IN A RELATIVE WAY,
AND RETURNED ON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
Keyword(s): HUMOR, FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE ; INDIRECTION LIMERICK ; METER: ANAPESTIC TETRAMETER ; QUATRAIN CONTRADICTIONS ; RHYME: MASCULINE, AABBA ; RIDICULE NONSENSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
A GOWN WITH A PARIS LABEL,
IS A THING TO SHOUT ABOUT,
IN FACT, IF I WERE ABLE,
I'D WEAR IT INSIDE OUT.
Submitter comment: JEFF HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): CLOTHES FASHION ; HUMOR OVERSTATEMENT OBSERVATION WISH ; IAMBIC METER ; RHYME: FEMININE, IMPERFECT, ABAB ; SURPRISE ENDING QUATRAIN CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
SPARKLE, STARKLE, LITTLE TWINK,
WHO THE TELL YOU ARE I HINK.
I'M NOT IMBRICATED,
I'M NOT AS DRUNK AS SOME TINKLE PEEP I AM.
I'VE ONLY HAD TEA MARTOONIES,
ANYWAY I'VE ALL DAY SOBER TO SUNDAY UP IN.
I FOOL SO FEELISH, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS ME YET,
BUT THE DRUNKER I STAND HERE,
THE LONGER I GET.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): CONTRADICTIONS MONOLOGUE HUMOR ; EUPHEMISM PARODY DRINKING ; NONSENSE WORDS METER TROCHEE ; TANGLETALK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1948
TOUGH, ROUGH AND HARD TI DIAPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY ; CONTRADICTION ; TAUNT?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHILDREN'S RIME
OND DARK NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY,
TWO DEAD BOYS WENT OUT TO PLAY.
BACK TO BACK THEY FACED EACH OTHER,
DREW THEIR SWORDS AND SHOT EACH OTHER.
A DEAF POLICEMAN HEARD THE SHOT,
AND CAME AND GOT THEM TWO DEAD BOYS.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THIS STORY THAT'S TRUE,
ASK ANY BLIND MAN, HE SAW IT TOO.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): CONTRADICTIONS
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN,
Data entry tech comment: QUOTATION MARKS ADDED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION ; OXYMORON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
BLIND MAN WELLERISM
"I SEE", SAID THE BLIND MAN AS HE PICKED UP HIS HAMMER AND SAW.
Submitter comment:
I THINK THAT THIS WELLERISM IS PERHAPS THE MOST POPULAR. I HAVE
HEARD THIS SAID IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION ; PUN ; TOOLS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
"I SEE", SAID THE BLIND MAN TO HIS DEAF AND DUMB WIFE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
TOM SWIFT
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN TO HIS DEAF WIFE AS HE WALKED DOWN THE
STREET ON NO LEGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
BLIND MAN WELLERISM
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN TO HIS DEAF WIFE WHO COULD NOT HEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN TO THE DEAF DOG AS THEY WALKED ALONG.
Where learned: INDIANA ; University of Notre Dame
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 02-04-1971
I SEE
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN TO THE DEAF MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 03-03-1967
I SINK LIKE A STONE WHEN I SWIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METAPHOR, ALLITERATION, SWIMMING, OBSERVATION, CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
WELLERISM
"I SEE", SAID THE BLIND MAN TO THE DEAF MAN OVER
THE TELEPHONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A WELLERISM, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A DEAF
MAN LISTENING AND A BLIND MAN SEEING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTIONS ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME
THINGS ARE HARD TO REMEMBER.
THINGS ARE HARD TO FORGET.
BUT THE HARDEST THING TO REMEMBER
IS TO REMEMBER NOT TO FORGET.
Submitter comment: RHYME FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: 107 PARK LANE DR
Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION ; INFORMATIVE ; METER: TROCHEES ; OBSERVATION ; PARADOX ; QUATRAIN ; REMEMBRANCE ; REPETITION ; RHYME: ABAB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
ONE BRIGHT DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
TWO DEAD BOYS GOT UP TO FIGHT,
DREW THEIR SWORDS AND SHOT EACH OTHER,
DREW THEIR GUNS AND FOUGHT EACH OTHER.
A DEAF POLICEMAN HEARD THE NOISE
AND CAME AND SHOT THE TWO DEAD BOYS.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THIS LIE IS TRUE
ASK THE BLIND MAN; HE SAW IT TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
Keyword(s): CONTRADICTIONS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
IN OBERAMERGAUE, GERMANY DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, THEY
HOLD A PASSION PLAY, DEPICTING THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; GERMANY ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRTH OF OUR LORD=CHRISTMAS. ; SOME CONTRADICTION HERE--PASSION PLAY=CRUCIFIXION.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Season See F645.2 for Advent Season. |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
IN OBERAMERGAUE, GERMANY DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, THEY
HOLD A PASSION PLAY, DEPICTING THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; GERMANY ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRTH OF OUR LORD=CHRISTMAS. ; SOME CONTRADICTION HERE--PASSION PLAY=CRUCIFIXION.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Season See F645.2 for Advent Season. |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
WELLERISM
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN TO HIS DEAF WIFE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FAVORITE SAYING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): IRONY CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 04-01-1969