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AUTOGRAPH
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
SUGAR IS SWEET
AND SO ARE YOU. MM
BUT WHEN ROSES ARE WILTED
AND VIOLETS ARE DEAD
SUGAR IS LUMPY
AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COMPLIMENT ; CONTRAST ; FLOWERS ; HUMOR ; INSULT ; METER: IAMBS ; METER: TROCHEES ; QUATRAINS ; SARCASM ; STUPIDITY ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
FEBRUARY, 1938
ROSES ARE RED.
VIOLET ARE BLUE.
I KISSED THE BEDPOST
AND THOUGHT IT WAS YOU.
HELEN MM
FEBRUARY 14, 1938
YOURS TIL HOTDOGS BARK.
DOROTHY VARTANIAN MM
FEBRUARY, 1938
GWEN FOR NOW;
GWEN FOREVER.
PARKER FOR NOW;
BUT NOT FOREVER.
EVELYN MM
FEBRUARY, 1938
ROSES ARE RED.
MY NOSE IS TOO.
COOKIES ARE SWEET
AND SO ARE YOU.
YOURS TIL YOU MARRY.
MARJORIE
Submitter comment:
THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE WAS COLLECTED BY THE INFORMANT
WHILE A PUPIL AT HUGH CARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 6501 SOUTH
STREET, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE INFORMANT ATTENDED CARY
SCHOOL FROM 1931-1940 (KINDERGARTEN-EIGHTH GRADE) AND
ESTIMATES THE ETHNIC MAKE-UP AS 50% ARMENIAN, 20% HUNGARIAN,
20% ITALIAN, AND 10% OTHER (LESS THAN 1% BLACK).
"STEP-INS" ARE PANTIES. "TOYS", ACCORDING TO THE
INFORMANT, MEANS "I AM FOND OF YOU."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 09-00-1982