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GERMAN SAYING
HEAVEN FOR CLIMATE, HELL FOR SOCIETY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; HUMOR ; OBSERVATION PARALLEL STRUCTURE SOCIETY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
MING TOY LOVED A BOY, HAPPY LITTLE JAPANESE;
OOO LONG WAS HIS NAME, SET HER HEART AFLAME;
ONE DAY HE SAY SOON I GOTTA GO AWAY,
WHEN HE LEAVE MING TOY GRIEVE; EVERYBODY HEARD HER SAY_HAY_HAY;
SO LONG, OOO ONG, HOW LONG YOU GONNA BE GONE;
SO DON,T BE TOO LONG, OOO LONG, HURRY BACK HOME;
OH YOU LITTLE JAPANESE. I'LL BE WAITING UNDERNEATH THE BAMBOO TREE;
PLEASE DON,T BE TOO LONG, OOO LONG, HURRY BACK HOME.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ; Hartman, Phyllis
Keyword(s): ; Asian ; Chinese ; ETHNIC ; HUMOROUS INTERNAL RHYME ; Japanese ; MUSIC ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Sorrow Unhappiness |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
GRANDMA'S DAYS - WAYBACK
SHE USED TO SEND THE SON TO THE BUTCHER SHOP AND TELL HIM
TO BE SURE AND GET A DOG BONE. THIS WAS USUALLY FOR
FREE AND BEFORE THE DAYS WHEN SAUSAGE WAS $2.00 A POUND
SO GRANDMA USED THE DOG BONE TO FEED THE FAMILY
FIRST WITH A GOOD SOUP OR STEW AND THE DOG STILL
HAD ENOUGH TO EAT AFTER TWO MEALS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
SPAGHETTI TEST
IF YOU THROW SPAGHETTI ON A WALL AND IT STICKS, IT MEANS IT'S DONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE, BUT THE INFORMANT TOLD ME
IT WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process |
Date learned: 10-06-1971
AN ITALIAN FOOD
UNRAISED BREAD MADE WITH CORN MEAL, RAISENS, AND THE CRACKLINGS
LEFT OVER WHEN YOU RENDER LARD.
Submitter comment:
WHEN IT GETS OLD YOU CAN KNOCK OUT THE SIDE OF A BARN WITH IT,
ACCORDING TO MRS. GARAZZO.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
PARODY
OH SAY CAN YOU SEE
ANY BEDBUGS ON ME
IF YOU DO
TAKE A FEW
AND I'LL FRY THEM FOR YOU.
Submitter comment: FROM HER GRANDFATHER, MR. HELLER, OF ENGLISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): FOOD : AABBB ; HUMOR ; STAR SPANGLED BANNER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
ROSES ARE RED
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
YOU KISSED A COW
AND I LAUGHED AT YOU.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM A PLAYMATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): FLOWERS: ABCB ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
ROSES ARE RED
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
I KICKED MY WIFE
WITH MY ARMY SHOE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM A PLAYMATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): HUMOR: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
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CHINKATEE CHUU CHUU PAN
ONCE THERE LIVED A CHINA MAN
HIS NAME WAS CHINKATEE CHUU CHUU PAN
HIS LEGS WERE LONG
HIS FEET WERE SHORT
POOR LITTLE CHINK COULD HARDLY WALK
AT LAST ONE DAY HE DID DIE
AND IN HIS COFFIN HE DID LIE
THEY SENT HIS BODY TO JAPAN
AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE CHINA MAN.
CHINKATEE, CHINKATEE CHUU CHUU PAN
ALA GA WAL A GA, STUN OF A LULA GA
AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE CHINA MAN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS UNCLE IN NEW YORK MANY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST: LONG AND SHORT ; HUMOR ; MOCK EPIC ; NONSENSE REFRAIN ; RHYME: AABCDEEAAAFA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
A CHANT
TARZAN THE MONKEY MAN
SWINGIN ON A RUBBER BAND
ALONG CAME SUPERMAN
AND KNOCKED HIM IN THE GARBAGE CAN.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; IMPERFECT RHYME ; MOVIE, TELEVISION, AND COMIC BOOK HEROES ; RHYME: AAAA ; RHYME: ABAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 10-13-1971
LIMERICK
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN FROM THE CITY,
WHO SAW A NICE BLACK AND WHITE KITTY
SAYING, "MICE LITTLE CAT,"
HE GAVE IT A PAT.
THEY BURIED HIS CLOTHES OUT OF PITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; EUPHEMISM: CAT FOR SKUNK ; FEMININE RHYME ; HUMOR ; INDIRECTION ; RHYME: AABBA ; SMELLY CLOTHERS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LIMERICK
THERE WAS A BELLE OF OLD NATCHEZ,
WHOSE GARMENTS WERE ALL SHREDS AND PATCHES.
WHEN COMMENT AROSE
ON THE STATE OF HER CLOTHES,
SHE DRAWLED, "WHEN AH ITCHES, AH SCRATCHES."
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): DIACLECT PRONUNCIATION ; FEMININE RHYME ; HUMOR ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LIMERICK
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN OF SPOKANE
WHOSE VERSES WOULD NEVER SCAN.
WHEN TOLD THIS WAS SO,
HE SAID "YES, I KNOW,
BUT I ALWAYS TRY TO GET AS MANY WORDS IN THE LAST
LINE AS I CAN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALEXANDRINE FOR HUMOR ; POET ; PROSODY ; RHYME DICTATES PRONUNCIATION OF PLACE NAME ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
VERSE
KISS ME CUTE,
KISS ME CUNNING,
KISS ME QUICK
MY DADDY'S COMING.
Where learned: LIBRARY
Keyword(s): COMMAND ; FEMININE RHYME ; HUMOR ; IMPERFECT RHYME ; INITIAL ITERATION ; MEDIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
THE FROG
THE FROG IS A FUNNY ANIMAL
WHEN HE WALK HE RUN ALMOST,
WHEN HE HOP HE JUMP ALMOST,
WHEN HE SIT HE STAND ALMOST,
HE HAS NO TAIL HARDLY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; FINAL ITERATION ; HUMOR ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABBBC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.440 |
Date learned: 09-12-1965
THE FROG
WHAT A FUNNY LITTLE BIRD THE FROG ARE
HE AIN'T GOT NO HEAD HARDLY
AND HE AIN'T GOT NO TAIL EITHER.
WHEN HE HOP HE FLY ON WHAT HE AIN'T GOT ALMOST.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; HUMOR ; RHYME: ABCD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.440 |
Date learned: 09-12-1965
VERSE
WHEN YOU GO FISHING,
TAKE A LINE.
WHEN YOU GO KISSING,
TAKE YOUR TIME.
Where learned: LIBRARY
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; HUMOR ; IMPERFECT RHYMES ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABAB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
FOLK VERSE
IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO BE PLEASANT
WHEN LIFE FLOATS ALONG LIKE A SONG,
BUT THE GIRL WORTH WHILE
IS THE GIRL THAT CAN SMILE,
WHEN HER TWO FRONT TEETH ARE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; IMPERFECT RHYME - SONG GONE ; RHYME: ABCCB ; RHYME: ABCCD
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001950S
I WISH
I WISH YOU JOY, I WISH YOU MIGHTY
I WISH HIS PAJAMAS CLOSE TO YOUR NIGHTIE
NOW DON'T GET MAD, DON'T GET RED
I MEAN ON THE CLOTHESLINE AND NOT IN BED.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): CLOTHES ; HUMOR ; PRETENDED OBSCENE ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-12-1965
HICCUP
TO CURE A CASE OF THE HICCUPS, DRINK A GLASS OF BEER THROUGH A PIECE
OF CLOTH, WITHOUT STOPPING FOR BREATH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID HIS "OLD MAN" USED TO DO THIS WHEN THE INFORMANT
WAS A BOY.
HIS MOTHER HOWEVER FROWNED UPON THIS PRACTICE
BECAUSE HIS FATHER WOULD NEVER STOP AT JUST ONE GLASS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |