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I LOVE YOU LITTLE, I LOVE YOU MIGHTY;
I WISH MY PAJAMAS WERE NEXT TO YOUR NIGHTY.
NOW DON'T GET EXCITED AND DON'T GET MISLED;
I MEAN ON THE CLOTHESLINE AND NOT IN THE BED.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP,
I PARK MY FORD OUT ON THE STREET.
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
I PRAY THE LORD TO HOLD THE BRAKE.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
TULIPS IN THE MEADOW,
TULIPS IN THE PARK,
TWO LIPS IN THE GARDEN,
KISSING IN THE DARK.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
I WISH I WERE A FISHY,
A SWIMMING IN THE ICE,
AND WHEN THE GIRLS ALL SKATED BY,
WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
SOME WRITE UP
SOME WRITE DOWN
JUST TO BE DIFFERENT
I'LL WRITE AROUND.
James Callow comment: DIAGRAM OF WRITING ON 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN ITALIANS WANT TO MOTION YOU TO COME HERE--
THEY WAVE THEIR HAND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION
AS AMERICANS (FROM BODY OUTWARDS).
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AMERICANS WILL SAY "I SHAKE HANDS;" GERMANS WILL SAY
"ICH GEBE DIE HAND" WHICH MEANS "I GIVE THE HAND."
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
IDLENESS IS THE MOTHER OF ALL VICES. TRANSLATION OF
L'OISIVETE EST LA MERE DE TOUS LES VICES.
EST LA MERE DE TOUS LES VICES.
Where learned: SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
MOCKERY RHYME
------------ IS A FRIEND OF MINE,
SHE RESEMBLES FRANKENSTEIN.
WHEN SHE DOES THE IRISH JIG,
SHE RESEMBLES PORKY PIG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIRE SHORES, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): MOVIE CHARACTHR ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
WHEN YOU GET OLD AND OUT OF SHAPE,
REMEMBER GIRDLES ARE ONLY $2.98.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
2 YS U R
2 YS U B
I C U R
2 YS 4 ME
James Callow comment: WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A TREE,
SEND ME A COCONUT C.O.D.
Submitter comment: "COLLECT ON DELIVERY"
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
I'M WRITING ON A YELLOW PAGE
TO SAVE YOU FROM THE BLUE
FOR SOMEDAY A FELLOW WILL
BE WRITING TO YOU.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THERE'S A GOLD SHIP
THERE'S A SILVER SHIP,
BUT MOST OF ALL,
THERE'S FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PAY PROTECTION
IT IS A POPULAR BELIEF THAT IF A PERSON GOES OUT
AND BUYS A STATUE OF THE INFANT OF PRAGUE, AND PLACES
IT IN HIS HOME, AND VENERATES IT, THE HOME WILL NEVER
BE ROBBED.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM MY AUNT.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PUT ON A LETTER
SEALED WITH A LICK BECAUSE A KISS WON'T STICK.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HOLY SATURDAY EVENT
EVERY HOLY SATURDAY WE TAKE A BASKET OF FOOD TO CHURCH TO BE BLESSED.
THIS BLESSED FOOD IS EATEN ON EASTER SUNDAY. THIS FOOD SYMBOLIZES
THE NEW LIFE OF EASTER AND IT IS CONTRASTED TO THE BITTER VINEGAR OUR
LORD RECEIVED ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED OF THE SYMBOLANCE ( SYMBOLISM ) FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME ; WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; 23570 MASCH, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER SAY NEVER AND ALWAYS AVOID ALWAYS
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; EXTREMITIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN,
FIRE ON THE SEA,
YOU CAN'T CATCH ME.
Submitter comment: USED FOR JUMP ROPE AND TUG
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN