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CHIQUITA BANANA

IM A CHIQUITA BANANA
AND IM HERE TO STAY
IF YOU WANT TO KILL YOUR TEACHER
I HAVE FOUND THE WAY.
EAT A BANANA.
PUT THE PEEL ON THE FLOOR
AND WATCH YOUR TEACHER FLY OUT THE DOOR.
(THIS IS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF THE CHIQUITA BANANA AD ON TV)

Submitter comment: VIOLENCE AGAINST TEACHERS IS ALWAYS A POPULAR SUBJECT FOR GRADE
SCHOOL SONG PARODIES. IT IS ALSO COMMON FOR CHILDREN TO MAKE UP
PARODIES OF THE ADS ON TV SINCE THEY SEE THEM SO OFTEN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY OF ADVERTISEMENT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

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RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED COWBOY

RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED COWBOY
HAD A VERY SHINY GUN
AND IF YOU EVER SAW IT
YOU WOULD TURN AROUND AND RUN.
THEN ONE FOGGY CHRISTMAS EVENING
THE SHERIFF CAME TO SAY,
"RUDOLPH WITH YOUR GUN SO BRIGHT,
WON'T YOU SHOOT MY WIFE TONIGHT?
THEN ALL THE OTHER COWBOYS
LAUGHED AND SHOUTED OUT WITH GLEE
"RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED COWBOY
YOU'LL GO DOWN IN HISTORY!

Submitter comment: THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW CHILDREN LOVE TO INCORPORATE VIOLENCE
INTO THEIR SONGS.

James Callow comment: SUNG TO TUNE OF "RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER"
CK[ PARODY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

Date learned: 01-09-1974

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PETER PETER PUMPKIN EATER

PETER PETER PUMPKIN EATER,
HAD A WIFE BUT COULDN'T KEEP HER,
SO HE PUT HER IN A PUMPKIN SHELL,
FOUND SHE'D BEEN UNTRUE,
SO HE BURIED HIS WIFE AND THE PUMPKIN TOO.

Submitter comment: SHE SAID THAT THIS WAS A HALLOWEEN FAVORITE, THAT WAS SAID FREQUENTLY
AT HALLOWEEN PARTIES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY

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

Date learned: 01-00-1974

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LITTLE MISS MUFFET SAT ON A TUFFET, EATING HER CURDS AND WHEY
WHEN ALONG CAME A SPIDER AND SAT DOWN BESIDE HER
AND SHE SMASHED IT WITH HER SPOON

Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE

James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY ; REVERSAL OF SITUATION

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

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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JACK BE NIMBLE JACK BE QUICK
JACK JUMPED OVER THE CANDLESTICK
AND SINGED THE HAIR OFF HIS LEGS

Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE

James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY

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

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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OLD MOTHER HUBBARD WENT TO THE CUPBOARD TO GET HER POOR DOG A BONE
BUT WHEN SHE BENT OVER THE DOG DROVE HER OVER 'CUZ HE HAD A BONE OF HIS OWN.

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updated on 12-21-2010 by TRD

James Callow comment:

KEYPUNCH CARDS ARE MISSING HERE

Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE

James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY

Subject headings: -- .C730329
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Date learned: 00-00-1968

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JACK AND JILL WENT UP THE HILL, EACH ONE HAD A QUARTER.
WHEN THEY CAME DOWN JILL HAD FIFTY CENTS
AND YOU CAN BET THEY DIDN

James Callow comment: KEYPUNCH CARDS ARE MISSING HERE

Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE

James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse
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Date learned: 00-00-1968

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LITTLE BOY BLEW (BLUE) TIL HIS FATHER FOUND OUT

Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE

James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse
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Date learned: 00-00-1968

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LITTLE JACK HORNER SAT IN THE CORNER EATING HIS SISTER

Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE

James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse
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Date learned: 00-00-1968

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LITTLE JACK HORNER SAT IN THE CORNER...DEAD

Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE

James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY

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

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GO WANDER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY ; VARIANT

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER -- FOR ANYTHING AROUND.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY ; VARIANT

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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BLASON POPULAIRE

ACCOUNTANTS NEVER DIE, THEY JUST LOSE THEIR BALANCE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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WELLERISM

'"ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL,"' SAID THE PEACOCK WHEN HE LOOKED AT
HIS TAIL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): BIRD ; COLOR

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; PARODY ; PUN: PLAY ON "END" "TAIL"

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation

Date learned: 10-24-1968

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK AND PLENTY OF IT.

Data entry tech comment: PARODY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ECONOMICS ; PUN ON JACK AS SLANG FOR MONEY.

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; PARODY ; PUN: JACK FOR MONEY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK. JACK MEANS MONEY.

Submitter comment: MAUREEN'S INFORMANTS WERE BOTH HER FATHER EDWARD, OF IRISH AND
FRENCH DESCENT, AND HER MOTHER, PATRICIA, OF IRISH AND BOHEMIAN
DESCENT.

Data entry tech comment: VARIANT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ECONOMICS

James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; PARODY ; PUN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-08-1972

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SARCASTIC PROVERB

ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING HALF-ASSED.

Submitter comment: THIS SAYING IS USUALLY APPLIED TO SOMEONE ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE A
PROJECT FOR WHICH THERE IS LITTLE ENTHUSIASM, I.E., A SOCIAL SERVICE
PROJECT, SCHOOL PROJECT, ETC.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY IRONY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-10-1970

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PARODY OF A PROVERB

AN APPLE A DAY IS A PENNY SAVED.

Data entry tech comment: VARIANT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): FOOD

James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR? ; NONSEQUITUR? ; PARODY

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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DEVIL'S NECESSITY

ASHES TO ASHES
DUST TO DUST
IF THE LORD WON'T TAKE YOU
THE DEVIL MUST

Submitter comment: INFORMANT COULD REMEMBER HEARING THIS ITEM IN GRADE SCHOOL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): RELIGION

James Callow Keyword(s): BURIAL ; INITIAL REPETITION ; PARODY ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb
BELIEF -- Creator
BELIEF -- Devil Demon
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERB

A BACHELOR IS A ROLLING STONE WHO GATHERS NO BOSS.

Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM A PARTY ASHTRAY.

Data entry tech comment: VARIANT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; SEMANTICS

James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; SEXISM

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 10-14-1967

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