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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
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 |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Betty Botta bought some butter. "But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit o' better butter will but make my batter better." So she bought a bit o' butter, better than the bitter butter, made her bitter batter better. So 'twas better Betty Botta bought a bit o' better butter.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Something similar (but shorter) already typed as prose.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Jekabson, Martha ; 16765 Beech Daly ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Baking ; Batter ; Butter ; COOKING ; Dearborn Heights ; GAME ; Language ; MICHIGAN ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Redford ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
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Ethnic Joke: Black
Negro:
Excited negro bank bandit says "OK you mudder stickers, this is a fuck up."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card located in a pile marked [?]
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK ; Parks, William ; Collection
Keyword(s): Black ; DEROGATORY ; ETHNIC ; HUMOR ; Language ; NEGRO ; Offensive ; SLANG ; Stereotype ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Filter - Mature Content |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Try saying "toy boat" very quickly five times.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; Chateau, Billy
Keyword(s): Boat ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER ; Toy
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Onse smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they both felt smart. Three smart fellows, they all felt smart.
Data entry tech comment:
Say three times fast.
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Pointless? - Not much of a tongue twister?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Carney, Mary
Keyword(s): FLATULENCE ; JOKE ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit. upon the slitted sheet I sit.
Submitter comment:
From Childhood
Data entry tech comment:
Motif added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Already typed as prose
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Gwizdala, Maureen
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, I slept upon a slitted sheet.
Submitter comment:
AS told in Holden Hall (dorm room at UofD)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Miller, Terri
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
I slit a sheet, A sheet I slit, Upon a slitted sheet I sit.
Submitter comment:
This one was told to me by my mom many years ago.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; JOKE ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
A Tongue Twister:
I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, a well be slitted sheet was it. [sic]
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S260] crossed out / replaced with current classification
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Tynan, Joyce ; PONTIAC
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; JOKE ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
I slit a seat, a seat I slit, upon the slitted seat I sit.
Data entry tech comment:
Added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Castagna, Virginia
Keyword(s): Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
How many sheets can a sheet slitter slit if he slits six sheets every time he sits?
Data entry tech comment:
added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; Sicko, Linda
Keyword(s): Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language:
Canner's Tongue Twister:
A canner exceedingly canny / Once remarked to his granny; / A canner can can whatever he can / but a canner can't can a can can he?
Data entry tech comment:
Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Written next to entry: Sense?
Original BN [C890.570] crossed out / replaced with current classification
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Sister Susie sews shirts for seven soldiers.
Submitter comment:
She learned it from her girlfriends at school
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Similar one already typed as Prose
Where learned: 9175 YORKSHIRE ; Winay, Maureen
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue-Twister:
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Misquoted from "My Fair Lady?" : The rain in Spain STAYS mainly IN the plains?
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Irwin, Tim
Keyword(s): Language ; Rain ; TONGUE TWISTER ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
The big black bug
Bit the big black bear
In his big black back.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Something similar (but shorter) already typed as Prose.
Where learned: HOME ; Michalski, Val
Keyword(s): Bear ; Black ; Bug ; COLOR ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |