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DON'T TRUST BOYS WITH EYES OF BROWN,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND TURN YOU DOWN.
DON'T TRUST BOYS WITH EYES OF BLUE,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND ASK FOR TWO.
DON'T TRUST BOYS WITH EYES OF BLACK,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND TURN THEIR BACK.
YOU WILL KNOW ALL KINDS OF JOYS
IF ONLY YOU BEWARE OF BOYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 01-00-1963
IF YOU THINK YOU'RE IN LOVE
AND THERE IS SOME QUESTION,
DON'T WORRY.
IT MIGHT BE INDIGESTION.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
GOOD FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS,
PRECIOUS, BUT RARE.
POOR FRIENDS ARE LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES,
SCATTERED EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
DON'T KISS BY THE GARDEN GATE,
LOVE IS BLIND BUT THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 00001958-1960
CHOOSE NOT YOUR FRIENDS FROM OUTWARD SHOW,
FOR REMEMBER, THE FEATHER FLOATS HIGH
AND THE PEARL LIES LOW.
Submitter comment:
FROM MY GRANDMOTHER, MRS. OTTO SCHMIDT, IN MY
AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
DON'T KISS YOUR BOYFRIEND
BY THE GARDEN GATE.
LOVE MAY BE BLIND,
BUT THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
DON'T MAKE LOVE IN THE GARDEN.
DON'T MAKE LOVE BY THE GATE.
LOVE IS BLIND.
BUT THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
NEVER KISS BY THE GARDEN GATE,
LOVE IS BLIND BUT THE NEIGHBOR AIN'T.
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE
MAKES A MAN MAD AND PULLS OUT HIS EYES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
VERSE (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; CYNICAL INSIGHT (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
NEEDLES AND PINS,/ NEEDLES AND PINS,/ WHEN YOU GET OLDER,/ YOUR
TROUBLE BEGINS. P.S. DON'T COME TO ME.
Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Keyword(s): LOSS OF YOUTH ; REPETITION ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; CYNICAL INSIGHT (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
FALSE TEETH, ROUGE, AND BORROWED HAIR/ MAY GIVE TO AGE A YOUTHFUL
AIRE./ BUT WHEN DEATH COMES TO CALL US HENCE/ THERE IS AN END OF
ALL PRETENCE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): MAKEUP WIG ; RHYME DEATH ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 00001955 AUTOGRAPH BOOK
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AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION
BEWARE OF BOYS WITH EYES OF GREY,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND TURN AWAY.
BEWARE OF BOYS WITH EYES OF BROWN,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND TURN YOU DOWN.
BUT LOVE THE BOYS WITH EYES OF BLUE,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND ASK FOR TWO.
Submitter comment:
UNDATED ENTRY IN KATHY CRACCHIOLO'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT IN
ST. CLAIR SHORES, MICHIGAN IN 1968.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; KISSING ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME AA BB CC ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 02-27-1971