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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: 00-00-1960
YESTERDAY UPON THE STAIR, THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN
THAT WASN'T THERE. HE WASN'T THERE AGAIN TODAY,
GEE I WISH HE'D GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN-
ALL GOOD CHILDREN GO TO HEAVEN.
WHEN THE ANGEL RINGS THE BELL-
ALL BAD CHILDREN GO TO-
WE'RE FROM BATAVIA, AND WE DON'T GIVE A
GOBBLE WOBBLE- SIS BOOM BAM!
Where learned: NEW YORK ; BATAVIA
James Callow Keyword(s): HELL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
CHANT
RIDE A HORSE TO BOSTON.
RIDE A HORSE TO LOO.
WATCH IT WHEN YOU GET THERE
THAT YOU DON'T FALL THROUGH.
"SAY THIS WHILE BOUNCING A BABY ON YOUR KNEE. WHEN YOU
SAY THE WORD "THROUGH," LET THE BABY DOWN CLOSE TO THE FLOOR."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
NO MORE LOOKS,
NO MORE LIES,
NO MORE TEACHER'S UGLY EYES.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
A CHILDREN'S RYME
LIAR, LIAR PANTS ON FIRE YOUR NOSE IS AS LONG AS A TELEPHONE WIRE.
Submitter comment: THIS RHYME IS SAID TO ONE BELIEVED TO BE LYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001970CA
DOWN, DOWN, BABY DON'T SHAKE THE ROLLER COASTER
SWEET, SWEET, BABY I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO
CAUGHT YOU WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY
DIDN'T DO THE DISHES LAZY, LAZY
JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW CRAZY, CRAZY
SHIMMY SHIMMY COCOA PUFFS
SHIMMY SHIMMY RYE
SHIMMY SHIMMY POW
Submitter comment:
HAND WAVE FOR ROLLER COASTER; CROSS ARMS FOR BABY; SHAME WITH TWO
FINGERS RUBBING; RUB HANDS TOGETHER FOR DISHES; ACT LIKE SLEEPING
FOR LAZY; ARCH WITH HAND FOR JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW; POW IS THE FIST
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): GESTURES ACCOMPANY SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1977 ; 11-00-1987
ONE TWO BUCKLE MY SHOE. THREE FOUR SHUT THE DOOR. FIVE SIX PICK
UP STICK. SEVEN EIGHT LAY THEM STRAIGHT. NINE TEN A BIG FAT
HEN.
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1987
"I" (POINTING TO YOUR EYE)
"THINK" (POINTING TO YOUR TEMPLE)
"YOU" (POINTING TO OTHER PERSON)
"STINK" (HOLDING FINGERS OVER NOSE)
Submitter comment: A RHYME LEARNED IN GRADE SCHOOL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
IN 1492 COLUMBUS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
HE SPIT IN HIS SHOE AND GAVE IT TO YOU.
Submitter comment:
SAID IN 1929 AMONG ITALIAN-AMERICAN KIDS IN DETROIT.
FOLLOWED WITH "CAN'T CHANGE IT," MEANING "DON'T
TRY TO FOLLOW ME UP WITH A VARIANT OF THIS."
SHE REALLY LAUGHED WHEN SHE REMEMBERED THIS,
APROPOS OF COLUMBUS DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLAWSON
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 12 |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
"I don't wanna go to Mexico
No more, no more,
There's a fat policeman
At the door, door, door.
He'll grab you by the collar
And make you pay a dollar,
I don't wanna go to Mexico
No more, no more.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001984 ca.
"Mutilated monkey's meat,
Roasty, toasty birdie's feet,
All wrapped up in guts and blood,
And me without my spoon."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): GORE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001963 ca.
Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.
If I'm lying may a lizard eat my gizzard.
Submitter comment: Child version of swearing to tell the truth.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK
James Callow Keyword(s): Asseveration ; FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001970S
Saint Peter Murphy had a steam boat. He tied it to the dock.
Along came a bumblebee and stung him on the cotton tail,
ginger ale, five cents a glass.
If you don't believe me I'll kick your dirty ass(k)
me no more questions. Tell me no more lies.
If you get hit with a bucket of shit, be sure to close
your eyes.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK
Date learned: 00-00-1989
There is a poem that you should say to
the first star that you see that goes:
Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight.
I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.
Then you make a wish and it should come true.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001973CA
Diarrhea Drip, drip! Diarrhea! Drip, drip!
Some people think it's funny
But they like it hot and runny!
Diarrhea! Drip, drip! Diarrhea! Drip, drip!
Some people think it's nice
And they like it over rice!
Submitter comment:
The collector heard this as a child. It's a simple chant
where the last two lines after every "drip, drip" are changed.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): Feces as food ; HUMOR ; ILLNESS ; REFRAIN ; SICK HUMOR
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1991
Your Time is Now
What you do with your time
And how you use it are important.
You can help shape your own time and time to come.
You can make it better.
Submitter comment:
Jewish children are taught this poem as soon as
they are able to read.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Ambition, Organization
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
Sixty years ago in Ireland, children, at their
first glimpse of a full moon, were taught, in
order to escape bad luck or some dire calamity, to
use the following invocation:
"I see the moon, and the moon sees me.
God bless the moon, and God bless Me."
Submitter comment: My grandmother taught me this when I was little.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR
Date learned: 00001970'S
This little piggy went to the market.
This little piggy stayed home.
This little piggy had roast beef.
This little piggy had none.
This little piggy cried wee, wee all the way home.
Submitter comment:
I learned this song from my older brother and sisters. When I was
a baby they played this verse with me to make me laugh and keep me
from crying. As I've gotten older I heard that this verse is to
combat sibling rivalry. It teaches a child that sometimes things
don't seem fair, but that everyone experiences it.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE
Date learned: 00001970S
Miss Susie had an engine
The engine had a bell.
Miss Susie went to heaven
The Engine went to ...
Hello operator, give me number nine
If you disconnect me
I'll kick you right behind...
The refrigerator, there was a piece of glass
Miss Susie fell upon it and broke her little ...
Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies.
Miss Susie told me this the day before
She dyed her hair in purple,
She dyed her hair in pink,
She dyed her hair in polka dots
And washed it down the sink.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): REFRIGERATOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |