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BIRDIE, BIRDIE IN THE SKY,
DROPPED SOME WHITE WASH IN MY EYE.
I'M NO BABY, I WON'T CRY.
I'M JUST GLAD THAT COWS DON'T FLY.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: KNEW IT AS A LITTLE CHILD, WALLED LAKE, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALLED LAKE
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; REFRAIN, OBSERVATION ; RHYME: AAAA ; RHYME: MASCULINE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
VERSE
FATHER MOSES KILLED A SKUNK, MOTHER MOSES COOKED THE SKUNK,
BABY MOSES ATE THE SKUNK, HOLY MOSES! HOW THEY STUNK!
Submitter comment:
THIS ENTRY INTO THE INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK WAS SIGNED BY CONNIE
KEYSE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AAAA FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
REMEMBER THIS DOT (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
REMEMBER THIS DOT..../ REMEMBER THIS BLOT... /FORGET ME NOT.
Data entry tech comment: THE PERIODS ENDING LINE TWO ARE FOLLOWED WITH A BLOT
Where learned: WRITTEN IN YEARBOOK
Keyword(s): RHYME: AAA ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Forget me not |
SMILE AWHILE
SMILE
AWHILE
AND WHILE YOU SMILE
ANOTHER
SMILES,
AND SOON THERE'S MILES MM[
AND MILES
OF SMILES
AND LIFE'S WORTH WHILE
BECAUSE YOU SMILE.
Submitter comment: VERSE PRINTED ON DECORATED POSTCARD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; POSTCARD COLLECTION ; CIRCA 1910
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; RHYME: AAABAAAAAA
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
VERSE
FATHER MOSES KILLED A SKUNK, MOTHER MOSES COOKED THE SKUNK,
BABY MOSES ATE THE SKUNK, HOLY MOSES! HOW THEY STUNK!
Submitter comment:
THIS ENTRY INTO THE INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK WAS SIGNED BY CONNIE
KEYSE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AAAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
THREE, SIX, NINE
THE GOOSE DRANK WINE.
THE MONKEY CHEWED TOBACCO ON THE STREET CAR LINE. THE LINE BROKE. THE MONKEY GOT CHOKED. THEY ALL WENT TO HEAVEN IN A LITTLE ROW BOAT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED BOTH AS A HAND CLAPPING RHYME AND AS A JUMP ROPE
RHYME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IMPERFECT RHYME ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
CRY, BABY, CRY.
STICK YOUR FINGER IN YOUR EYE.
TELL YOUR MOTHER IT WASN'T I.
Submitter comment: THIS IS RECITED TO SHAME CHILDREN WHO ARE CRYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; RHYME: AAA ; VERBAL IRONY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
THE FOLLOWING IS A SONG THAT IS SUNG WHILE DRINKING BEER:
"IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER,
THAT'S WHY WE DRINK IT HERE.
AND WHEN WE ARE GONE FROM HERE
OUR FRIENDS WILL BE DRINKING ALL THE BEER."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; CHIASMUS ; DRINKING SONG ; RHYME: AAAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Date learned: 10-00-1975
BIRDIE IN THE SKY
BIRDIE, BIRDIE IN THE SKY
DROPPED SOME WHITE WASH IN MY EYE
I'M NOT A SISSY, I DON'T CRY
I'M JUST GLAD THAT COWS DON'T FLY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; EUPHEMISM: WHITEWASH FOR BIRD DUNG ; RHYME: AAAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
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
GOD BLESS THE MOON AND GOD BLESS ME.
GOD BLESS THE SOMEBODY I WANT TO SEE.
GOD BLESS THE MOON AND GOD BLESS ME.
AND GOD BLESS THE SOMEBODY I WANT TO SEE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16721 GLENMORE ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; PRAYER ; RHYME: AAAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
RHYME
JIMMY'S IT, / CAUGHT A FIT, / AND CAN'T GET OVER IT.
Submitter comment: CHILDREN USE THIS VERSE TO TAUNT THE ONE WHO'S IT.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
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
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
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.
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
CHILDREN'S RHYME
BIRDIE, BIRDIE IN THE SKY / DROPPED SOME WHITEWASH IN MY EYE.
AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT COWS DON'T FLY?
Data entry tech comment: LINES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY THE KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): RHETORICAL QUESTION HUMOR WISH METER EUPHEMISM ; RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
REMEMBER THIS DOT (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; FORGET ME NOT (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
REMEMBER THIS DOT..../ REMEMBER THIS BLOT... /FORGET ME NOT.
Data entry tech comment: THE PERIODS ENDING LINE TWO ARE FOLLOWED WITH A BLOT
Where learned: WRITTEN IN YEARBOOK
Keyword(s): RHYME: AAA ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Forget me not |
Date learned: 06-00-1966
SMILE AWHILE
SMILE
AWHILE
AND WHILE YOU SMILE
ANOTHER
SMILES,
AND SOON THERE'S MILES
AND MILES
OF SMILES
AND LIFE'S WORTH WHILE
BECAUSE YOU SMILE.
Submitter comment: VERSE PRINTED ON DECORATED POSTCARD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; POSTCARD COLLECTION ; CIRCA 1910
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; RHYME: AAABAAAAAA
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: C00001910
I SCREAM
YOU SCREAM
WE ALL SCREAM
FOR ICE CREAM.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD 105
Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION ; FOOD ; RHYME: AAAA
James Callow Keyword(s): AMPHIBRACH (LINES 3 AND 4) ; TROCHAIC MONOMETER (LINES 1 AND 2)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-06-1971