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TAUNT
I SEE LONDON,
I SEE FRANCE,
I SEE (NAME OF PERSON)'S UNDERPANTS.
Where learned: OLD NEIGHBORHOOD
Keyword(s): HUMOR TAUNT REPETITION ; PLACE NAMES IMPROPRIETY ; RHYME: MASCULINE, ABB ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
LYRICAL VERSE
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE;
SUGAR IS SWEET,
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SHAME, SHAME, DOUBLE SHAME,
EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS CHANTED WHENEVER A TEACHER SCOLDED A STUDENT
IN FRONT OF THE CLASS.
Where learned: DORMITORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
TOUGH, ROUGH AND HARD TI DIAPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY ; CONTRADICTION ; TAUNT?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET
AND SO ARE YOU.
BUT THE ROSES ARE WILTED,
AND THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
AND THE SUGAR IS LUMPED
AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM PLAYMATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
BRASS BUTTON BLUE COAT CAN'T CATCH A
NANNY GOAT.
Submitter comment:
THIS TERM WAS USED BY CHILDREN AT PLAY
IN PITTSBURG, PA. IN THE YEAR 1925.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): TAUNT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
SMART ALECK RHYME
LIAR, LIAR, TWO BY FOUR
CAN'T GET THROUGH THE KITCHEN DOOR.
I LEARNED THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNG
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COUPLETS TAUNT LIAR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
RETORTS
SEE MY FINGER?
SEE MY THUMB?
SEE MY FIST?
YOU'D BETTER RUN
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): TAUNT THREAT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
GEORGE
GEORGIE PORGIE, PUDDNIN' PIE,
KISSED THE GIRLS AND MADE THEM CRY.
DAN
DAN, DAN, THE DIRTY OLD MAN,
WASHED HIS FACE IN A FRYIN' PAN.
DAVID
DAVIE, DAVIE, FIE FOR SHAME,
KISSED THE GIRLS IN A RAILWAY TRAIN.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): TAUNT RIDICULE OF A NAME
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech C870.582 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
HAVE A NICE TRIP, SEE YOU NEXT FALL.
Submitter comment:
WE SAID THIS AS CHILDREN TO AGGRAVATE SOMEONE WHO HAD
JUST TRIPPED OR FALLEN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): TAUNT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Retort
I know you are, but what am I?
Submitter comment:
This retort was used by a child whenever another child called him a name e.g. brat, or pimple face. It can be used over and over again for any name at all. I learned this retort years ago from neighborhood children in SW Detroit.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; TAUNT ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
If brains were explosive, you couldn't blow your nose!
Submitter comment:
Heard at work.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Meaning?
Where learned: Ruttle, Paul
Keyword(s): Brains ; COMEBACK ; Explosive ; INSULT ; NOSE ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; TAUNT ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
You're not proud, you're thoroughly convinced.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Two cards merged: identical submissions, different informants. Both informants are listed here.
James Callow comment:
Sense? Circumstance? Both cards the same except for informant?
Where learned: Dondero, Bill ; Modic, A J
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; PRIDE ; Proud ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; TAUNT ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
after a twenty minute argument with his cousin, Jim hollored this parting statement: "Make like a tree and leave!"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Leave-Talking?
Better-Taunt?
Original BN [C730.329] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: Cropper, James ; BOSTON ; Massachusetts
Keyword(s): Leave ; Leave Talking ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; TAUNT ; Tree ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | -- SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Taunt:
Make like a tree and leave.
Submitter comment:
Informant Used in School.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Keyword(s): Leave ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; TAUNT ; Tree ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Taunt
Drop Dead!
Go play sea hunt in the toilet!
Submitter comment:
Can't remember.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
T?
Keyword(s): Dead ; Drop ; Expression ; INSULT ; INSULT ; Play ; SEA ; TAUNT ; Term ; Toilet
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Taunt
Poet;
When somebody says something that rhymes, you say to them:
"You're a poet and don't know it, but your feet show it, because they are Longfellows."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C730.329] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; McIvor, Charlotte M
Keyword(s): LONGFELLOW ; POET ; RETORT ; RHYME ; SLANG ; TAUNT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Verse
You want a penny? Go kiss Jack Benny.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Verse?
Where learned: HONORS HOUSE ; Zacharias, Paul
Keyword(s): Jack Benny ; KISS ; MONEY ; Penny ; RHYME ; Saying ; SLANG ; TAUNT ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Verse?
Keyword(s): Language ; NAMES ; RETORT ; RHYME ; Sticks ; STONES ; TAUNT ; Tease ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Taunt
Fatty, fatty, two by four. Can't get through the bathroom door. So he did it on the floor.
Submitter comment:
Friends
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Orignal BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: HOME ; Hanson, Margaret
Keyword(s): BATHROOM ; Bowels ; Door ; Fat ; Fatty ; Floor ; INSULT ; JOKE ; Large ; RHYME ; SIZE ; TAUNT ; URINATE ; WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |