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WHEN I DIE AND GO ABOVE,
I WILL SEE THE BOYS YOU USED TO LOVE,
WHEN YOU DIE AND GO BELOW,
YOU WILL SHOVEL COAL FOR THE B & O.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): B & O IS (OR WAS) A RAILROAD, BALTIMORE & OHIO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND GROW OUT OF SHAPE,
REMEMBER THAT CORSETS ARE $5.98
(SIGNED) JENEEN WHITTENBURG
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
WHEN YOU ARE THE AGE OF 182,
DON'T BE A BABY AND GO COO-COO.
(SIGNED) MY SISTER, AUDRY SCHMIDT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
WHEN YOU GROW OLD AND LIVE IN A TREE,
SEND ME A COCONUT C.O.D.
(SIGNED) JOAN LITTLEY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
GLORIA, GLORIA IN THE TUB,
GLORIA'S MOM FORGOT THE PLUG.
OH MY GOODNESS, OH MY SOUL,
THERE GOES GLORIA DOWN THE HOLE!
Submitter comment:
ANY NAME CAN BE USED IN THIS VERSE.
SIGNED, CAROL SCHWARTZBACK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
DEBBIE FOR NOW,
DEBBIE FOREVER,
OBSNIUK FOR NOW,
BUT NOT FOREVER!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
I EAT MY PEAS WITH HONEY,
I'VE DONE IT ALL MY LIFE,
IT MAKES MY PEAS TASTE FUNNY,
BUT IT KEEPS THEM ON MY KNIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
IF IN HEAVEN WE DON'T MEET,
HAND IN HAND WE'LL STAND THE HEAT:
IF IT GETS INTENTIONALLY HOT
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
YOU LIKE YOURSELF
YOU THINK YOUR (SIC) GRAND
YOU GO TO THE MOVIES
AND HOLD YOUR HAND.
YOU WRAP YOUR HANDS
AROUND YOUR WAIST
AND WHEN YOU GET FRESH
YOU SLAP YOUR FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CAMP METAMORA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
DEBBIE BOUGHT A LITTLE CAR,
AND IT WAS PAINTED RED,
AND EVERYWHERE THAT DEBBIE WENT,
THE COPS PICKED UP THE DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
MY LOVE FOR YOU WILL HEAD MY LIST,
SO THINK OF ME WHEN YOU DO THE TWIST.
Submitter comment: HE IS MY FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TWIST=A DANCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL WHO HAD A LITTLE CURL
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FOREHEAD.
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD, SHE WAS VERY, VERY GOOD, AND
WHEN SHE WAS BAD, SHE WAS DEBBIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
WHEN YOU GROW UP AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO ME FOR SAFETY PINS.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWO TWINS,
I'LL FURNISH YOU WITH SAFETY PINS.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU GET OLD AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO ME FOR SAFETY PINS.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST,
IF IT WEREN'T FOR (NAME SCRATCHED OUT)
YOUR LIPS WOULD RUST.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU GROW UP AND GET OUT OF SHAPE,
REMEMBER THAT GIRDLES ARE $2.98.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
PENNSYLVANIA DT[ 10001968 SD[ 12001968
TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR,
WHO THE HELL YOU THINK YOU ARE?
ASKING ME TO WRITE MY NAME,
WHEN IT BELONGS IN THE HALL OF FAME.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
WHEN YOU GROW UP, AND THINK YOU'RE SWEET,
TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES AND SMELL YOUR FEET!!!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
TOMATOES ARE RED,
LETTUCE IS GREEN,
YOU'RE PRETTY FUNNY,
BUT YOUR FACE IS A SCREAM!!
Where learned: TEXAS ; SAN ANTONIO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963