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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND LIVE IN A CAN
SEND ME A PICTURE
OF YOUR OLD MAN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 10-08-1965

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE BY THE LAKE,
PLEASE SEND ME A PIECE OF YOUR WEDDING CAKE.

Submitter comment: MICHAEL WILHELMI SIGNED THIS IN INFORMANTS'
AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1932, N. DAKOTA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH DAKOTA ; PLYMOUTH

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 10-00-1965

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LIFE IS LONG AND BOYS ARE PLENTY
DON'T GET MARRIED TIL YOUR TWENTY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH DAKOTA ; PLYMOUTH

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 10-00-1965 ; 00-00-1932

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO MY HOUSE FOR SAFETY PINS.

Submitter comment: THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN OUT OF HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK
WHICH WAS BEING PASSED AROUND THE ROOM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 12-06-1965

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND HAVE TWINS
DON'T COME TO MY HOUSE FOR SAFETY PINS,
FOR I'LL BE MARRIED AND HAVE TWINS
AND I'LL NEED ALL MY SAFETY PINS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 00001959 LATE

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IF YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE LIKE A FOOL
DON'T COME TO ME TO LEARN THE SCHOOL RULE!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

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FIRST COMES ENGAGEMENT
THEN COMES MARRIAGE
AND THEN COME(S) MARY
WITH THE BABY CARRIAGE.

Submitter comment: "AND THEN" UNDERLINED

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 00-00-1934

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A HUT
SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR BABY'S BUTT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT MARTIN GRADE SCHOOL

James Callow Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 00001958-1960

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO MY HOUSE FOR SAFETY PINS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT MARTIN GRADE SCHOOL

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 00001958-1960

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DON'T GET MARRIED
AND HAVE TWINS,
BECAUSE I WON'T GIVE YOU
ANY SAFETY PINS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 00001959-1960

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I WISH YOU LUCK, I WISH YOU JOY,
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY.
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL,
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL.
AND WHEN HER HAIR IS UP IN PINS,
I WISH YOU THEN A SET OF TWINS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

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MAY YOUR LIFE BE SWEET AND SUNNY
MAY YOUR WIFE BE FAT AND FUNNY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 00-00-1966

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WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED
AND HAVE 1 - 2 - 3
NAME THE PRETTIEST AFTER ME!

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 10-27-1968

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND HAVE 1, 2, 3,
NAME THE CUTEST ONE AFTER ME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CAMP METAMORA

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 00-00-1963

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED,
I WISH YOU A BABY BOY.
AND WHEN HIS HAIR IS CURLY
I WISH YOU A BABY GIRL.
AND WHEN HER HAIR IS STRAIGHT AS PINS,
I WISH YOU A PAIR OF TWINS.

Submitter comment: SHE NOW LIVES AT 1644 E. JARVIS, HAZEL PARK, MICH.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 00-00-1963

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TEN KIDS,
DON'T RUN TO ME FOR SAFETY PINS!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CAMP METAMORA

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 00-00-1963

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A TREE,
SEND ME A COCONUT C.O.D.

Submitter comment: SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED THIS VERSE IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
MOST OF THEM WROTE IT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE YEARS
1955 AND 1958.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A HUT,
SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR FIRST LITTLE NUT!

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO ME FOR SAFETY PINS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 04-18-1960

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WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED AND LIVE ON A FARM,
SEND ME A PICKLE AS LONG AS YOUR ARM.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 09-30-1968

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