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RHYME WHICH SUPPOSEDLY MAKES SENSE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND
OMI DE ARMIS TRES
IM IN A DIS TRES
CANTU DIS COVER
MEA SA LAEVUR.
Data entry tech comment: NOT SURE OF SPELLING, SINCE TYPEWRITER VERY DIRTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: AABB ; RHYME: FEMININE, IMPERFECT ; SPELLING RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
(BOY'S NAME) AND (GIRL'S NAME) SITTING IN A TREE,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G. (SPELLING)
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE,
THEN COMES (NAME) WITH THE BABY CARRIAGE.
Submitter comment: I REMEMBER THIS FROM GRADESCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTI-CLIMAX HUMOR SYMBOL ; FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE ; METER: TROCHAIC ; RHYME: MASCULINE, AABB ; SEX, REFRAIN ; SPELLING RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
O-I-C
I'M IN A 10 DER MOOD TODAY
AND FEEL POETIC 2
4 FUN I'LL JUST -- OFF A LINE
AND SEND IT OFF 2 U.
I'M SORRY U HAVE BEEN 6 SO LONG,
DON'T BE DISCONSOL8
BUT BEAR YOUR ILLS WITH 42DE
AND THEY WON'T SEEM SO GR8.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING ILLNESS ; QUATRAIN RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SIGNATURE
2-SWEET, 2-BE, 4-GOTTEN. THIS SIGNATURE WAS OFTEN USED IN SIGNING
GRADUATION AND MEMORY BOOKS DURING GRADUATION. MY GRADUATION BOOK
WAS SIGNED IN THIS WAY BY SEVERAL FRIENDS.
James Callow Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
2 GOOD 2 BE 4 GOTTEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
AUTOGRAPH
Y,S YOU ARE. Y,S YOU BE.
I C U R 2 Y,S FOR ME.
Submitter comment: FROM AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT IN DETROIT, 1963
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WISE=Y'S, C=SEE, U=YOU, R=ARE DIGITAL SPELLING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
2 GOOD
+ 2 BE
__________
4 GOTTEN
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING ; INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROSE AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL
MM[ U R
2 SWEET
2 BE
4 GOTTEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING ; FRIENDSHIP ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
COUNTING-OUT RHYME
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING CLOTHES,
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER IN THE NOSE,
WHAT COLOR WAS THE BLOOD? (THE PERSON TO WHOM THE CALLER IS POINTING
NAMES A COLOR) EXAMPLE-BLUE
B-L-U-E SPELLS BLUE AND I WILL NOT PICK YOU.
Submitter comment:
THIS COUNTING-OUT RHYME WAS A FAVORITE OF THE KIDS IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE SELDOM WOULD A COLOR BE CHOSEN VERY OFTEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SPELLING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CA00001961
GAME VERSE
HAMBONE, HAMBONE HAVE YOU HEARD
PAPA IS GONNA BUY ME A MOCKING BIRD.
IF THAT MOCKING BIRD DON'T SING
PAPA IS GONNA BUY ME A DIAMOND RING.
IF THAT RING DON'T SHINE
PAPA IS GONNA BUY ME A BOTTLE OF WINE.
IF THAT BOTTLE OF WINE DON'T TASTE,
PAPA IS GONNA TAKE ME TO THE LAKE.
IF THE WATER SPLASH ON ME
PAPA IS GONNA WHIP MY B-U-T
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME WAS USED AS A HAND CLAPPING GAME BETWEEN TWO OR MORE
PERSONS.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM SPELLING
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-05-1973
AUTOGRAPH
Y, S YOU ARE. Y, S YOU BE.
I C U R 2 Y, S FOR ME.
Submitter comment: FROM AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT IN DETROIT, 1963
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING ; WISE=Y'S, C=SEE, U=YOU, R=ARE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
2 GOOD 2 BE 4 GOTTEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SIGNATURE
2-SWEET, 2-BE, 4-GOTTEN. THIS SIGNATURE WAS OFTEN USED IN SIGNING
GRADUATION AND MEMORY BOOKS DURING GRADUATION. MY GRADUATION BOOK
WAS SIGNED IN THIS WAY BY SEVERAL FRIENDS.
James Callow Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
RIDDLE
WHAT HAPPENS TWICE IN A MOMENT,
ONCE IN A MINUTE,
BUT NOT AT ALL IN A THOUSAND YEARS? (THE LETTER M).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): DIMINISHING CHAIN DIMINUTIVE CHAIN ; SPELLING RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
MOST FAMILIES VIE FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE PARISH PRIEST.
INVITING HIM TO DINNER OR FOR A DRINK
BRINGS GOOD LUCK TO YOUR HOME.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick |
Date learned: CA1960-1975
RIDDLE
WHAT QUESTION INVARIABLY DEMANDS YES FOR AN ANSWER?
"WHAT DOES Y-E-S SPELL?"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SPELLING (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00001960S
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
RIDDLE
WHAT'S ROUND ON THE ENDS AND HIGH IN THE MIDDLE?
OHIO
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): SPELLING STATE LETTER SHAPE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
JOKE
HOW IS AN ISLAND AND "T" THE SAME? THEY'RE BOTH IN THE MIDDLE OF WATER.
Submitter comment:
HIS BROTHER JACK HEARD IT ON T.V.
TEA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPELLING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT HAS FIVE LETTERS BUT WHEN YOU TAKE TWO AWAY HAS ONE?
STONE
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN DORMITORY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): OPPOSITIONAL: CAUSAL CONTRADICTIVE ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-27-1967