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JESUS PUTS HIS MONEY IN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
JESUS PUTS HIS MONEY IN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
JESUS PUTS HIS MONEY IN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
JESUS SAVES, JESUS SAVES, JESUS SAVES.
Submitter comment: SONG TO THE TUNE OF BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PARODY OF RELIGIOUS SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT NOD YOUR HEAD ( TWICE )
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT THEN YOUR FACE
WILL SURELY SHOW IT.
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT NOD YOUR HEAD.
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT CLAP YOUR HANDS ( TWICE )
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT THEN YOUR FACE
WILL SURELY SHOW IT.
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT CLAP YOUR HANDS.
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT STAMP YOUR FEET ( TWICE )
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT, THEN YOUR FACE
WILL SURELY SHOW IT.
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT STAMP YOUR FEET.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN: JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Joy Happiness Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
HEROES
TWO GREAT HEROES IN MACEDONIA DURING THE TURKISH RULE WERE MAUSSA
KESIGIN, WHO REPRESENTED THE TURKS, AND KROULO MORKKO, OF THE
MACEDONIANS.
MAUSSA CHALLENGED KROULO TO A DUEL WHICH WOULD DECIDE THE FUTURE
OF MACEDONIA. THEY BATTLED WITH SPIKED CLUBS. AS THEY HIT EACH
OTHER, THEY DROVE EACH OTHER FURTHER INTO THE GROUND. DEEPER AND
DEEPER THEY WENT, UNTIL THE TURK WAS UP TO HIS NECK. KROULO THEN
CUT OFF HIS HEAD AND LED MACEDONIA TO VICTORY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
SONG
MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY
OF THE COMING OF THE LORD.
HE WAS PEELING DOWN THE ALLEY
IN A BLACK AND YELLOW FORD.
ONE HAND WAS ON THE THROTTLE,
AND THE OTHER ON A BOTTLE
OF PABST BLUE RIBBON BEER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PARODY OF RELIGIOUS SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SONG
GIVE A CHEER, GIVE A CHEER,
FOR THE BOYS WHO DRINK THE BEER
IN THE CELLAR OF OLD ROBERT'S SCHOOL
THEY ARE BRAVE, THEY ARE BOLD,
FOR ALL THE LIQUOR THEY CAN HOLD
IN THE CELLAR OF OLD ROBERT'S SCHOOL
AND IT'S GUZZEL, GUZZEL GUZZEL,
AS IT TRICKLES DOWN THEIR MUZZELS
SHOUT OUT YOUR ORDER LOUD AND CLEAR
MORE BEER.
AND IF STROMSKE SHOULD APPEAR
TELL HIM FINNEGAN MADE THE BEER
IN THE CELLAR OF OLD ROBERT'S SCHOOL.
Submitter comment: ( CAISONS GO ROLLING ALONG )
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DRINKING SONG ; TUNE OF CAISSONS GO ROLLING ALONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Joy Happiness Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SONG- PARAPHRASE OF RUBEN, RUBEN.
LINCOLN, LINCOLN
I'VE BEEN THINKING
WHAT IN THE WORLD HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING
SMELLS LIKE WHISKEY, TASTES LIKE WINE
OH MY GOSH IT'S TURPENTINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C32 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
WORK SONG
WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
JUST THINK A SONG
AND HUM ALONG
AND WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
SMILE YOUR CARES AWAY
WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
JUST THINK A SONG
AND LIFE WILL THEN BE GAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Work |
THREE LITTLE DEVILS
THREE LITTLE DEVILS ALL DRESSED IN RED
TRIED TO GET TO HEAVEN ON THE END OF A THREAD
BUT THE THREAD STRING BROKE AND DOWN THEY ALL FELL
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO....
REPEAT: TWO LITTLE DEVILS
USING: AND THEN ONE LITTLE DEVIL
ONE LITTLE DEVIL ALL DRESSED IN RED
TRIED TO GET TO HEAVEN ON THE END OF A THREAD
BUT THE THREAD STRING BROKE AND DOWN HE FELL
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN HE WENT TO.....
DON'T GET DISCOURAGED, DON'T GET DISMAYED
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY
ALL WENT TO BED.
Submitter comment: ( LEARNED IN: DETROIT CHILDHOOD )
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS EUPHEMISM ; HELL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
PARODY SUNG TO THE TUNE OF " HAPPY BIRTHDAY "
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
YOU LIVE IN A ZOO
YOU LOOK LIKE A MONKEY
AND ACT LIKE ONE TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
JINGLE BELL SONG
JINGLE BELLS SANTA SMELLS
RUDOLF RAN AWAY
OLD ST. NICK HURRY QUICK
AND GET SOME BAN TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BAN, A DEODORANT FOR BODY ODOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- FI22 |
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ANCIENT GREEK MYTH
ONE DAY, APOLLO'S SON, AGAINST HIS FATHER'S WISHES, TOOK THE GREAT
SUN CHARIOT OUT BY HIMSELF AND BROUGHT IT SO CLOSE TO THE GROUND
HE ALMOST CRASHED. THE PEOPLE HE PASSED OVER IN THE SUN CHARIOT
WERE CHARRED AND THEY BECAME THE BLACK RACE.
Submitter comment:
GREEK MYTH WAS COLLECTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT CAMPUS
BUT THE MYTH WAS LEARNED IN HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: CA00001960S
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INDIAN MYTH
AN OLD INDIAN MYTH SAYS THAT WHEN GOD WISHED TO GIVE DIFFERENT
COLORS TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH, HE ASKED THEM ALL TO MEET
HIM IN A SPECIAL PLACE AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK ONE MORNING. ALL THE
PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND WERE GIVEN COLORS EXCEPT FOR ONE GROUP WHO
WERE TOO SNOBBISH AND SELF-CENTERED TO COME. THEY WERE NOT GIVEN
ANY COLOR AND THEY BECAME THE WHITE RACE.
Submitter comment:
THE INDIAN MYTH WAS COLLECTED ON THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT CAMPUS
ALTHOUGH IT WAS LEARNED IN HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Human Life |
Date learned: CA00001960S
ENGAGEMENTS IN INDIA
AFTER PRIEST BLESSES RINGS AND THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHER IT IS
THOUGHT TO BE MADE OFFICIAL. FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE SUNDAYS FOLLOWING
THE PRIEST ANNOUNCES THE ENGAGEMENT DURING MASS. PURPOSE: ANYONE
WHO KNOWS ANYTHING CONTRARY TO THE ENGAGEMENT IS TO TELL THE PRIEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Engagement |
Date learned: 12-00-1982
CHASTITY BELT
WITHIN THE INDIAN TRIBE, THE WOMEN WEAR A CHASTITY BELT TO PREVENT
HERSELF FROM BECOMING TOUCHED, SOILED, OR DIRTY. VIRGINITY IS
ESSENTIAL WITHIN THIS TRIBE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Lower body and legs |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
GRANDMA JOKE
THERE WERE TWO BOYS PLAYING OUTSIDE. IN THE BACKGROUND, THERE WAS
A LADY SITTING IN THE WINDOW. ONE BOY ASKED THE OTHER BOY, "WHO IS
THAT?" THE BOY REPLIED, "THAT' MY GRANDMA." FIRST BOY SAYS, "WHAT'S
GRANDMA?" THE SECOND BOY SAYS, "THE LADY THATKEEPS YOUR MOTHER FROM
SPANKING YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
SUPERSTITION HER MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD HER
CARRYING WIFE OVER THE THRESHOLD, SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
THE LEGEND OF MCCULLOCH'S LEAP
A BAND OF INDIANS WERE CHASING A FRONTIERSMAN NAMED MCCULLOCH WHO
WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE WITH HIS LIFE. DURNG THE CHASE HE FOUND HIM-
SELF ON THE RIDGE OF A STEEP HILL WHICH WAS ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED
FEET HIGH, AND THERE WAS NO PATH OF ESCAPE OPEN TO HIM. AS THE
INDIANS CLOSED IN, HE AND HIS HORSE JUMPED FROM THE RIDGE, AND
BOTH LANDED SAFELY AT THE BOTTOM AND ESCAPED. THE INDIANS WERE
SO ASTONISHED THAT THEY LEFT HIM ALONE FROM THEN ON. TODAY A
BRONZE STATUE OF AN INDIAN STANDS POINTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
HILL WHERE MCCULLOCH JUMPED, AND THIS HILL IS KNOWN AS MCCULLOCH'S
LEAP.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS LEGEND FROM HER FATHER IN WHEELING, WEST
VIRGINIA, WHERE THE STATUE OF THE INDIAN IS LOCATED. SHE AND HER
FAMILY LIVE JUST ACROSS THE RIVER FROM WHEELING IN MARTIN'S FERRY,
OHIO. SHE SAID THAT THE STORY WAS TOLD TO HER WHEN SHE WAS "VERY
YOUNG."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WEST VIRGINIA ; INSTITUTE OF ARTS ; WHEELING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 10-12-1963
INFORMANT TOLD ME OF HOW IN HER KENTUCKY CHILDHOOD, HER PARENTS
WOULD HAVE THE MINISTER FROM THEIR CHURCH THEY ATTENDED COME
OVER FOR A CHICKEN DINNER ON SUNDAY AFTRNOON. ON ONE PARTICU-
LAR SUNDAY, SHE AND HER BROTHER THOUGHT OF A WAY TO MAKE THE
MINISTER (WHOM THEY BOTH FOUND INSUFFERABLE) LEAVE EARLY.
THAT MORNING, BEFORE CHURCH, THE INFORMANT'S BROTHER STUCK
A PAIR OF HUGE SCISSORS UNDER THE THIN CUSHION THAT WAS ON THE
MINISTER'S FAVORITE CHAIR HE ALWAYS CHOSE TO SIT ON WHENEVER
HE VISITED THEIR HOME. LATER THAT AFTERNOON, AFTER DINNER,
THE FAMILY RETIRED TO THE PARLOR. THE MINISTER WAS NOTICE-
ABLY UNCOMFORTABLE, AND EVENTUALLY GOT UP TO LEAVE. AFTER
TH MINISTER LEFT, THEY ADMITTED TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER WHAT
THEY HAD DONE AFTER SHE FOUND THE SCISSORS, AND THEY RECEIVED
THEIR DUE PUNISHMENT. HOWEVER, THE GRANDMOTHER SAID, "I HOPE
HE WASN'T TOO UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT I NEVER LIKED HIM TOO MUCH
ANYWAY."
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY IS COMPARABLE TO "THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA" IN
CONTENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19972 WHITCOMB ; KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 11-29-1971
CUSTOM
IN MALAWI, BEFORE YOU CAN ASK A STRANGER FOR DIRECTIONS, YOU MUST
FIRST BECOME FRIENDS WITH HIM. THIS IS DONE THROUGH A SERIES OF
STANDARDIZED GREETINGS AND GESTURES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18903 SANTA ROSA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
ZOOM, SCHWARTZ, BIFIGLIA
ZOOM, SCHWARTZ, BIFIGLIA IS A COMPLICATED DRINKING GAME I LEARNED
(NOT REALLY, I WAS ALWAYS DRUNK) THAT INVOLVES A CADENCE OF THE TITLE
MENTIONED, THE ONE WHO BREAKS THE CADENCE HAS TO DRINK A SHOT.
Submitter comment:
THIS DRINKING GAME WAS PICKED UP AT A FRAT PARTY AT U OF D. AGAIN
THE NAME IS HARD TO FORGET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 00-00-1977