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CHILDREN'S SONGS AND RHYMES

AT GRADUATION COLLECTING AUTOGRAPHS FROM FRIENDS IS A
SOURCE OF EXCITEMENT. ONE OF THESE RHYMES GOES LIKE THIS
"TULIPS BY THE WAYSIDE, TULIPS IN THE PARK, BUT THE
TULIPS THAT I LIKE BEST ARE YOUR "TWO LIPS" IN THE DARK. MM
" GONNA EAT WORMS" IS AN EXAMPLE OF A CAMP SONG. IT'S
LYRICS GO: "NOBODY LOVES ME, EVERYBODY HATES ME, THINK
I'M GONNA EAT WORMS. SHORT FAT JUICY ONES, SKINNY, STRINGY
LONG ONES, SEE HOW THEY SQUIGGLE AND SQUIRM."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

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