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WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN
YOU WILL LIKELY VIEW
MANY FOLKS WHOSE PRESENCE THERE
WILL BE A SHOCK TO YOU.

BUT, KEEP VERY QUIET,
DO NOT EVEN STARE.
DOUBTLESS THERE'LL BE MANY FOLKS
SURPRISED TO SEE YOU THERE.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE HEARD THIS AT AN EASTERN STAR CONVENTION IN
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AROUND 1959. SHE CONSIDERED IT SO CLEVER THAT SHE
MEMORIZED IT.

Data entry tech comment: KEYPUNCHER HAS DIVIDED THIS POEM INTO STANZAS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10548 LAKEPOINTE

Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse

Date learned: 10-27-1971 ; 02-20-1970

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A CUSTOMER DINING ON STEW
TOOK A BITE AND BEGAN TO TURN BLUE,
SAID A WAITRESS, NEARBY
AS SHE SWIPED AT A FLY:
"HE BIT OFF MORE THAN HE COULD CHEW"

Submitter comment: WHILE A CUB SCOUT DEN MOTHER IN THE EARLY 1950,S, ONE OF HER SCOUTS
RECITED THIS PROJECT. TO THIS DAY SHE REMEMBERS IT IN HER HEART.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10548 LAKEPOINTE

Keyword(s): LIMERICK ; RHYME: AABBA

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse

Date learned: 11-14-1971

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AN INNOCENT MAIDEN FROM BUTTE
THOUGHT A BIG CITY SLICKER WAS CUTE.
NOW SHE'S IN, YOU MIGHT GUSS,
A MATFRNITY DRESS AND HE'S IH A PATERNITY SUIT.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FAMILY OWNS A BAR AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
SHE REMEMBERED FROM A CUSTOMER.
INFORMANT'S DAMILY OWNS A BAR AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
SHE REMEMBERED FROM A CUSTOMER.

Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 10548 LAKEPOINTE

Keyword(s): LIMERICK ; RHYME: AABBA ; SEDUCTION ; TRIPLE RHYMES ; WORD PLAY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse

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