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WHEN YOU GROW UP AND LIVE IN A TREE,
I'LL SEND YOU A COCONUT C.O.D.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
AND TIED IT TO THE HEATER,
AND EVERY TIME HE TURNED AROUND,
HE BURNED ITS LITTLE SEATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001959 LATE
ONE FOR THE MONEY,
TWO FOR THE SHOW,
WHEN REPORT CARDS COME,
GO, GO, GO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001959 LATE
MY FATHER IS A BUTCHER,
MY MOTHER CUTS THE MEAT,
I'M JUST A LITTLE WINNIE (WEENIE)
RUNNING AROUND THE STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WEENIE=FRANKFURTER HOTDOG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
IN JAIL THEY GAVE ME COFFEE,
IN JAIL THEY GAVE ME TEA,
IN JAIL THEY GAVE ME EVERYTHING,
EXCEPT THE DOGGONE KEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
I SEE YOU IN THE OCEAN
I SEE YOU IN THE SEA
I SEE YOU IN THE BATHTUB
OOPS, PARDON ME!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
CAN'T THINK, TOO DUMB
INSPIRATION WON'T COME
BAD INK, BAD PEN
PENCIL'S BROKE! AMEN!
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 THINK THAT I SHOULD NEVER SEE,
AN EAGLE QUITE AS BALD AS THEE,
TO LOOK AT YOU, SOMEONE WOULD THINK,
THAT YOU'RE THE FOUNDER OF THE FINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
BOB, BOB, ON THE WALL,
DON'T YOU HAVE NO CLOTHES AT ALL??
NOPE!!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-06-1962
I LIKE YOU BIG, I LIKE YOU MIGHTY,
I LIKE YOUR PAJAMAS AGAINST MY NIGHTY.
DON'T GET SHOOK, DON'T GET RED,
I MEAN ON THE CLOTHESLINE, NOT IN BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-06-1962
WAY DOWN SOUTH IN THE LAND OF COTTON,
MY FEET STINK, BUT YOURS ARE ROTTEN..
Submitter comment: FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIRD WITH A LITTLE BILL,
WHO ONE DAY LANDED ON MY WINDOWSILL,
I COAXED HIM CLOSER AND CLOSER WITH A PIECE OF BREAD,
THEN I SLAMMED THE WINDOW ON HIS HEAD.
(SIGNED) BILL, "68
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP,
MY JALOPY PARKED IN THE STREET.
IF IT SHOULD START BEFORE I WAKE,
I PRAY THE LORD TO PULL THE BRAKE.
James Callow comment: PRAYER PARODY
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
SUSAN, SUSAN, IN THE TUB,
HER MOTHER FORGOT TO PUT IN THE PLUG,
OH, MY GRACIOUS! OH MY SOUL!
THERE GOES SUSAN DOWN THE HOLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001959-1960
SUSAN HAD A LITTLE CAR,
IT WAS PAINTED RED,
AND EVERYWHERE THAT SUSAN WENT,
THE COPS PICKED UP THE DEAD
James Callow comment: PARODY ON NURSERY RHYME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001959-1960
NOW LISTEN MY CHILDREN,
AND YOU SHALL HEAR
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE.
OVER THE PILLOW,
ACROSS THE SHEET,
A FORTY YARD DASH,
TO THE TOILET SEAT.
James Callow comment: PARODY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001959-1960
SUZIE HAD A LITTLE CAR,
IT WAS PAINTED RED,
AND EVERYWHERE THAT SUZI WENT,
THE COPS PICKED UP THE DEAD.
James Callow comment: PARODY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001959-1960
YOU KISSED HIM IN THE GARDEN,
YOUR MOTHER HEARD THE SMACK.
SHE SAID YOU WERE A NAUGHTY GIRL
AND MADE YOU GIVE IT BACK.
Submitter comment: SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
IF IN HEAVEN WE DO MEET,
HAND AND HAND, WE'LL STAND THE HEAT,
IF IT GETS INTENSELY HOT,
PEPSI COLA WILL HIT THE SPOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SODA POP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DON'T WORRY IF YOUR JOB IS SMALL,
AND YOUR REWARDS ARE FEW,
REMEMBER THAT THE MIGHTY OAK,
WAS ONCE A NUT LIKE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1962