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IF YOU STEAL THIS NOTEBOOK,
YOU SHOULD BE SHAME.
FOR (NAME) IS NOT YOUR NAME.
AND WHEN YOU DIE, THE LORD WILL SAY:
WHERE'S THAT NOTEBOOK YOU STOLD THAT DAY.
AND IF YOU SAY, "I DO NOT KNOW,":
THE LORD WILL SAY,
"PLEASE STEP BELOW."

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THAT WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WROTE THIS
POEM AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY BOOK AND WRITING TABLET.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults

Date learned: 10-12-1971

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