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REMEMBER MAN THAT PASSES BY,
AS YOU ARE NOW, SO ONCE WAS I.
AS I AM NOW, SO ONCE YOU'LL BE,
PREPARE THYSELF TO FOLLOW ME.
TO FOLLOW THEE IS NOT MY INTENT,
UNLESS I KNOW WHICH WAY HE WENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; DRAMATIC, ANTICLIMAX ; METER: IAMBIC ; PREDICTION, EUPHEMISM ; RHYME: AABBCC ; RHYME: MASCULINE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
TRUE FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS--
PRECIOUS AND RARE.
FALSE ONES ARE LIKE LEAVES--
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Submitter comment:
THIS USED TO BE ONE OF MY PEN PALS (1957). THIS WAS
ONE OF HER CLEVER SAYINGS.
Data entry tech comment: OFTEN FOUND IN AUTOGRAPH BOOKS.
Where learned: Wyoming ; ROCK SPRINGS
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP JEWELS ; METER: TROCHAIC ; QUATRAIN FUNCTION AUTOGRAPH VERSE ; RHYME: MASCULINE, ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTUMN LEAVES SCATTERED EVERYWHERE--AMA BARR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHILDREN'S RHYME
ROOSEVELT'S IN THE WHITEHOUSE
EATING AT THE TABLE;
LANDON'S IN THE POORHOUSE,
CLEANING OUT THE STABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALFRED LANDON, WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT AND LOST. ; FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME
MM[ ROSES MAY WITHER.
ROSES MAY DIE.
FRIENDS MAY DECEIVE YOU,
BUT NEVER WILL I.
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK, JUNIOR HIGH 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; PROMISE OF FAITHFULNESS ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
AN AUTOGRAPH
MM[ THE ROSES ARE WILTED,
THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
THE SUGAR BOWL'S EMPTY,
AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Submitter comment:
I GOT THIS FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
IT WAS WRITTEN BY DAVE. IN 1961
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
Keyword(s): INSULT ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
MM[ ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
THE SHORTER THE DRESS,
THE BETTER THE VIEW.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SHOULD GO DOWN AS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB ; SEX
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
VERSE
MM[ ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
THE LORD SURE MADE A CRAZY ONE,
WHEN HE MADE YOU.
Submitter comment: WRITTEN IN AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1938
Data entry tech comment: LINES DIVIDED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INSULT ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, AND HAVE NOTHING TO EAT,
CUT OFF YOUR WHISKERS AND HAVE SHREDDED WHEAT.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): CEREAL=SHREDDED WHEAT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GRANDMA HAS A HABIT
OF EATING IN HER SLEEP.
SHE CHEWS ON GRANDPA'S WHISKERS
AND THINKS IT'S SHREDDED WHEAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CEREAL=SHREDDED WHEAT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-00-1952
I LOVE BOSCO, BOSCO IS GOOD FOR ME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): BOSCO=CHOCOLATE FLAVORED SYRUP, BRAND NAME.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TRUE RIDDLE
Q: IT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER.
A: AN EMBARRASSED ZEBRA.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL LOBBY
Keyword(s): ANIMAL (A) ; LITERAL ; NATURAL PHENOMENON (Q) COLOR
James Callow Keyword(s): NEWSPAPER RIDDLE, VARIAN OF ; SPELLING: RED FOR READ
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
CHINESE PROVERB
ALL THE FLOWERS OF ALL THE TOMORROWS ARE IN THE SEEDS OF TODAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): PLANTS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; DESTINY ; HEREDITY? ; ITERATION ; POTENTIAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
PROVERB
THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE.
Submitter comment:
FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; Williams, James
James Callow Keyword(s): HEREDITY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
AN APPLE NEVER FALLS FAR FROM THE TREE.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE
James Callow Keyword(s): HEREDITY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
BELIEF
A DEAD PERSON HELD OVER SUNDAY, ANOTHER FUNERAL SOON.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHILE LIVING IN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE
1930'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
PROVERB
DON'T GET BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; CORNERED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
A JEST
EVERY FAMILY TREE HAS ITS SAP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): HEREDITY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SQUAW WINTER, A COLD SPELL, BEFORE
HAVING INDIAN SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
WEATHER PROVERB
ONION'S SKIN VERY THIN
MILD WINTER COMING IN
ONION'S SKIN THICK AND TOUGH
COMING WINTER COLD AND ROUGH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): PREDICTION ; SYMBOL ; VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Plants |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WELLERISM
ONLY A FOOL WOULD USE LSD, SAID TOM ACIDLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DRUG: L.S.D., REFERRED TO AS ACID
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 02-00-1971