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Language: Tongue Twister

Wij willen Willem weg wouw Willem Wijzer worden wij willen Willem weer.

Submitter comment:

English translation: We want to do away with William, but if William wises up, we want William back again.

My father learned it when he was young and living in Belgium.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Not a good tongue-twister after being translated into English.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Van Hout, Louis J

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Belgium ; ETHNIC ; Language ; tongue-twister

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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SUPPER CALL SONG

IT'S EATIN' TIME IN TEXAS,
AND THE BUMS ARE ON THE RUN...
SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS."
WE WERE CALLED TO SUPPER IN THIS MANNER SO MANY TIMES BY
OUR DAD (INFORMANT).

Submitter comment:

THE SONG KIND OF DIES AWAY.

Data entry tech comment:

Keypunched by R.J.Miller 11/82

Updated by TRD 01/12

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Van Hout, Louis J

Keyword(s): Bums ; Dinner ; FOOD ; PARODY ; SONG ; Supper ; Texas

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life

Date learned: 00001950S

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