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BILL HAD A BILLBOARD
HE ALSO HAD A BOARD BILL
BILL SOLD HIS BILLBOARD TO PAY FOR HIS BOARD BILL
THEREFORE, BILL'S BILLBOARD NO LONGER BORED BILL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATES THE RHYME HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR A LONG
TIME AND WAS RELATED TO HIM BY HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVERTISING NONSENSE ; HUMOR PUN INCREMENTAL REPETITION ; RHYME: ABBB ; TONGUETWISTER ; WORD PLAY, ITERATION (FINAL) ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
IT'S NOT THE COUGH
THAT CARRIES YOU OFF.
IT'S THE COFFIN
THEY CARRY YOU OFF IN.
Submitter comment: HEARD AND SAID WHEN YOUNG, 1915-1920.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): DEATH ; HUMOR TANGLETALK PUN ; IAMBIC-DACTYLIC, FEMININE RHYME, WORD PLAY, REPETITION ; OBSERVATION, TONGUETWISTER ; QUATRAIN SURPRISE ENDING CONTRAST ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE,
UNTIL TROUBLE, TROUBLES YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION TO THE POINT OF BECOMING A TONGUETWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-16-1972
TANGLE TALK
HOLD ON TO THE END OF YOUR TONGUE AND SAY "I WAS RAISED IN A
SHIPYARD" THREE TIMES.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS MY 14 YEAR OLD SISTER WHO SAYS THIS TANGLETALK IS
GOING AROUND CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): TONGUE HOLDER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
CHILDREN'S SONG
WHILE ONE SLICK SEAL SLID IN THE SLUSH, THE OTHER SLICK SEAL
SLID OUT (REPEAT THREE MORE TIMES).
GLORY, GLORY WHAT'S IT TO YA?
GLORY, GLORY WHAT'S? IT TO YA?
GLORY, GLORY WHAT'S IT TO YA?
WHILE ONE SLICK SEAL SLID IN THE SLUSH, THE OTHER SLICK SEAL SLID
OUT.
Submitter comment: SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE,
UNTIL TROUBLE, TROUBLES YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION TO THE POINT OF BECOMING A TONGUETWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-16-1972
I'm a sheet slitter. I slit sheets. I'm the best sheet slitter
that ever slit a sheet.
Submitter comment:
This is a particular favorite of children since the
mispronounced words result in much laughter.
James Callow Keyword(s): tongue-twister
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
TONGUE HOLDER
SAY THIS WHILE YOU ARE HOLDING YOUR TONGUE AND THE WORDS
SOUND A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
MY FATHER WORKS IN A SHIP YARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TONGUE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
TONGUE TWISTERS
IN ITALIAN
"SCOPRA LA PANCA LA CAPRA CAMPA, SOTTO LA PAMCA LA CAPRA CREPA"
IN ENGLISH " ON TOP OF THE BENCH THE SHEEP LIVES, UNDER THE
BENCH THE SHEEP DIES."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ONE OF THE TONGUE TWISTERS THAT GIOVANNI REMEMBERED
FROM HIS CHILDHOOD IN ITALY, 1955-68.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; VALENTES MENS FORMALWEAR
Keyword(s): TONGUE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
TONGUE HOLDER
TRY SAYING THE YANKEE DOODLE RHYME WITH THE WORDS ALL
BEGINNING WITH AN F. YOU ACCIDENTALLY SAY AN OBSCENE
WORD WHEN YOU COME TO "STUCK".
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER MY FRIENDS TRYING IT ON ME AND ON EACH OTHER TO GET
US TO SAY AN OBSCENITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TONGUE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
TONGUE HOLDER
MY FATHER OWNS A SHIP YARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): TONGUE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
TONGUE TWISTER
SAY "TOY BOAT" THREE TIMES FAST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
Keyword(s): TONGUE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
TANGLE TALK
"ONCE THERE WAS A BITTLE LUM SITTING ON A STURB CONE,
CHEWING A GUNK OF HUM. ALONG CAME A MOLICE PAN-SIMMIE
GOME! SIMMIE GOME! NOT BY A SARN DITE SAID THE BITTLE
LUM. SO THE MOLICE PAN SHOOK THE BITTLE LUM AND OUT
CAME THE GUNK OF HUM ON THE STURB CONE."
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
Keyword(s): TONGUE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
TONGUE TWISTER
DOES YOUR SHIRT SHOP STOCK SHORT SOCKS WITH SPOTS?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): TONGUE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
A HICCUP CURE
MY FATHER LEFT ME, JUST AS HE WAS ABLE, ONE BOWL, ONE BOTTLE,
ONE LADLE, TWO BOWLS, TW0 BOTTLES, TWO LADLES,...(AND SO
ON AS FAR AS YOU ARE ABLE IN ONE BREATH)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): TONGUE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-19-1971
Language
Tongue Twister Verse:
As I was passing through Arkansas, I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw I ever saw.
So, if you're ever passing through Arkansas and see a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw, I'd like to see the saw you saw as you were passing through Arkansas.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Alternative possible spelling of Collector's last name: Datson, Datser
James Callow comment:
Already typewritten as Prose.
Keyword(s): Arkansas ; Detroit ; GAME ; Language ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Saw ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Tongue Twister Verse
As I was passing through Arkansas, I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw I ever saw.
So, if you're ever passing through Arkansas and see a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw, I'd like to see the saw you saw as you were passing through Arkansas.
James Callow comment:
Already typewritten as Prose.
Keyword(s): Arkansas ; Detroit ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Saw ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Tongue Twister Verse
As I was passing through Arkansas, I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw I ever saw.
So, if you're ever passing through Arkansas and see a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw, I'd like to see the saw you saw as you were passing through Arkansas.
James Callow comment:
Already typewritten as Prose.
Keyword(s): Arkansas ; Detroit ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Saw ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Tongue Twister Verse
As I was passing through Arkansas, I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw I ever saw.
So, if you're ever passing through Arkansas and see a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw, I'd like to see the saw you saw as you were passing through Arkansas.
James Callow comment:
Already typewritten as Prose.
Keyword(s): Arkansas ; Detroit ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Saw ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Tongue Twister Verse
As I was passing through Arkansas, I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw I ever saw.
So, if you're ever passing through Arkansas and see a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw, I'd like to see the saw you saw as you were passing through Arkansas.
James Callow comment:
Already typewritten as Prose.
Keyword(s): Arkansas ; Detroit ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Saw ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |