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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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CHILDREN'S VERSE
I NEVER SAW A PURPLE COW,
I NEVER HOPE TO SEE ONE,
BUT IF THERE ARE PURPLE COWS,
I'D RATHER SEE THAN BE ONE.
Submitter comment:
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE THIRD LINE OF THIS RHYME MAY ALSO BE,
"BUT I CAN TELL YOU HERE AND NOW", OR "BUT I CAN TELL YOU ANYHOW".
THE INFORMANT WAS UNAWARE OF THESE TWO OTHER VERSIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | 730 730.328 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-14-1979
GOOD, BETTER, BEST,
I WILL NEVER REST,
UNTIL THE GOOD IS BETTER,
AND THE BETTER, BEST.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS LEARNED BY THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS IN FIFTH GRADE AT ST.
MICHAEL'S SCHOOL IN SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN. SHE RECITED IT, ALONG WIT
OTHER SAYINGS, EVERY DAY BEFORE HER MATH CLASS. THE TEACHER'S NAME
WAS SISTER CONRADIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION ; ASSONANCE ; FINAL ITERATION ; RHYME:AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
POLLY, PUT THE KETTLE ON,
POLLY, PUT THE KETTLE ON,
POLLY, PUT THE KETTLE ON,
WE'LL ALL HAVE TEA.
SUKEY, TAKE IT OFF AGAIN,
SUKEY, TAKE IT OFF AGAIN,
SUKEY, TAKE IT OFF AGAIN,
THEY'RE ALL GONE HOME.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): NAMES ; REPETITION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE,
THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE.
THE COW JUMPED OVER THE MOON;
THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED
TO SEE SUCH SPORT
AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HYPERBOLE ; INDIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
I SCREAM
YOU SCREAM
WE ALL SCREAM
FOR ICE CREAM.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD 105
Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION ; FOOD ; RHYME: AAAA
James Callow Keyword(s): AMPHIBRACH (LINES 3 AND 4) ; TROCHAIC MONOMETER (LINES 1 AND 2)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
VERSE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
BEANS, BEANS ARE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART.
THE MORE YOU EAT, THE MORE YOU FART.
THE MORE YOU FART, THE BETTER YOU FEEL.
SO LET'S HAVE BEANS FOR EVERY MEAL.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT, AT PRESENT, THIS VERSE IS USED
COMMONLY BY STUDENTS AT THE HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LIVONIA.
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 12-07-1971
CHANT
KENNEDY'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE EATING PORK AND BEANS.
NIXON'S IN THE BATHTUB SINKING SUBMARINES.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A CHANT USED BY THE CHILDREN AT MY GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PRESIDENTS JOHN F. KENNEDY AND RICHARD M. NIXON ; SATIRE
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
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SONG
LITTLE SALLY WATER
SITTING IN A SAUCER
CRY SALLY CRY
POINT TO THE EAST
POINT TO THE WEST
POINT TO THE VERY ONE
THAT YOU LOVE THE BEST.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
TWO LITTLE DICKY BIRDS SITTING ON THE HILL.
ONE NAMED JACK, ONE NAMED JILL.
FLY AWAY JACK, FLY AWAY JILL.
COME BACK JACK, COME BACK JILL.
Where learned: TEXAS ; RICHARDSON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
FAREWELL RHYME
SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR,
AFTER WHILE CROCODILE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
HAD A LITTLE MONKEY,
SAT HIM ON A DONKEY,
FED HIM SOME GINGERBREAD,
ALONG CAME A COUPLE,
HIT HIM ON THE KNUCKLE,
NOW MY MONKEY'S DEAD.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME WAS AND STILL SUNG BY SYD'S AUNT MARGE USUALLY WHEN DRUNK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DONKEY ; DRINKING SONG ; Gingerbread ; Monkey ; RHYME ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1980 ; 00-00-1950
PRAYER/RHYME
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP, A BAG OF PEANUTS AT MY FEET,
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE, I PRAY I DON'T DIE OF A STOMACHE ACHE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
GAME VERSE
FUZZY WUZZY WAS A BEAR,
FUZZY WUZZY HAD NO HAIR.
FUZZY WUZZY WASN'T FUZZY, WAS HE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001960S
MR. OWL
OH MR. OWL
OH MR. OWL, YOU LOOK SO WISE
WITH THOSE BIG FUNNY, FUNNY EYES.
TA-WIT-TA-WOO. TA-WIT-TA-WOO.
IS THAT ALL I EVER HEAR FROM YOU?
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
SEE SEE MY PLAYMATE
SEE SEE MY PLAYMATE.
COME OUT AND PLAY WITH ME.
AND BRING YOUR DOLLIE THREE.
CLIMB UP MY APPLE TREE.
SLIDE DOWN MY RAIN BARREL
INTO MY CELLAR DOOR
AND WE'LL BE JOLLY FRIENDS
FOREVERMORE. MM
IT WAS A SUNNY DAY.
SHE COULD NOT COME TO PLAY.
WITH TEARDROPS IN HER EYES,
I'M SAD TO SAY,
"SO SORRY PLAYMATE
I CANNOT PLAY WITH YOU.
MY DOLLIE'S GOT THE FLU.
BOO HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO.
AIN'T GOT NO RAIN BARREL
OR NO CELLAR DOOR.
BUT WE'LL BE JOLLY FRIENDS
FOREVERMORE."
Submitter comment: THIS CAN BE SUNG WHILE TWO PEOPLE CLAP AND PAT HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001970S
CHING CHONG CHINAMAN
CHING CHONG CHINAMAN
SITTING ON A FENCE
TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR
OUT OF FIFTY-FIVE CENTS. MM
YOU MISSED.
YOU MISSED.
YOU MISSED
LIKE THIS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SUNG WHILE JUMPING FIRST WITH LEGS APART AND THEN WITH LEGS
CROSSED. YOU WANT TO END UP WITH YOUR LEGS CROSSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001970S
ON HALLOWEEN THERE WAS A LITTLE POEM WE WOULD ALL
CHANT OR SAY AT PARTIES OR WHILE OUT TRICK OR
TREATING. IT WENT LIKE THIS:
THE WORMS CRAWL IN.
THE WORMS CRAWL OUT.
IN YOUR STOMACH
AND OUT YOUR MOUTH,
AND IF YOU SEE A HEARSE GO BY,
THEN YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: 04-00-1983
WEDDING RHYME
USE A NAME OF A BOY AND A NAME OF A GIRL
E.G. JOE AND LULU SITTING IN A TREE K-I-S-S-I-N-G,
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE,
HERE COMES JOE WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
WAY BEFORE WE HAD SEX EDUCATION...
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
Belief: Children's Song
(1) DON'T STEP ON A CRACK OR YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
(2) IF YOU STEP ON A LINE YOUR MOTHER DRINKS WINE.
Submitter comment:
MY BLACK NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOORS TOLD ME THESE TALES WHEN I WAS A KID.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 12-01-2010 / Motifs and Keywords added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ; Back ; BELIEF ; CHILDHOOD ; CHILDREN ; Crack ; GAME ; Line ; MOTHER ; RHYME ; SONG ; Spine ; SUPERSTITION ; VERSE ; Wine
James Callow Keyword(s): NEGRO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00001960S