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DIANE,
YOU LOVE YOURSELF, YOU THINK YOU'RE GRAND.
YOU GO TO THE MOVIES AND HOLD YOUR HAND.
YOU PUT YOUR ARM AROUND YOUR WAIST,
AND WHEN YOU GET FRESH YOU SLAP YOUR FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
HOPE YOU GET AHEAD,
YOU'LL NEED IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP,
A BAG OF PEANUTS AT MY FEET
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
YOU'LL KNOW I DIED OF A STOMACH ACHE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
A LITTLE SPARK, A LITTLE COIL,
A LITTLE GAS, A LITTLE OIL,
A LITTLE TIN, A LITTLE BOARD,
PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND
YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE FORD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1928
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO REST,
I PRAY I PASS TOMORROW'S TEST.
IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE
THAT'S ONE LESS TEST SEQ END + 10
I'LL HAVE TO TAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
(NAME) HAD A LITTLE CAR
PAINTED ALL IN RED,
AND EVERYWHERE THAT (NAME) GO (WENT?)
THE COPS PICK UP THE DEAD.
Submitter comment: WRITTEN IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK BY GIRL AT CAMP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 07-00-1958
WINTER AND SPRING,
SUMMER AND FALL,
YOU LOOK LIKE A WALKING
BASKET BALL.
(JUST KIDDING)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
FIRST GRADE BABIES,
SECOND GRADE TOTS,
THIRD GRADE ANGELS,
FOURTH GRADE SNOTS,
FIFTH GRADE PEACHES,
SIXTH GRADE PLUMS,
AND ALL THE REST ARE GREAT BIG BUMS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG ; ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
SHIRLEY HAD SOME CHEWING GUM,
WHICH WAS AGAINST THE RULE,
TEACHER TOOK IT AWAY FROM HER,
AND CHEWED IT AFTER SCHOOL.
HAVE A NICE SUMMER, EILEEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
IF ALL THE BOYS LIVED
ACROSS THE SEA
WHAT A WONDERFULE SWIMMER
CHRIS WOULD BE
(SIGNED) AUDREY WEINBERGER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 01-25-1944
THIS IS FOR CHRIS FOR I KNOW SHE IS GOOD.
SHE ALWAYS HANGS HER HAT AND COAT
ON A BIG BLACK HOOK.
(SIGNED) SHELDON KREMEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001944-1945
WHENEVER YOU GO TO A PARTY
AND DON'T GET IN TILL LATE,
REMEMBER IT IS BED TIME
AND DON'T SWING ON THE GATE.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; GROSSE POINTE ; BIRCH TREE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
LITTLE BEARS SLEEP IN THEIR LITTLE BEAR SKINS,
AND SLEEP VERY SOUNDLY, I SUPPOSE,
BUT THE OTHER NIGHT I SLEPT IN MY LITTLE BARE SKIN,
AND, GOSH, DARN NEAR FROZE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001964 CA
POOR LITTLE (NAME)
SITTING ON A FENCE,
TRYING TO MAKE A $1.00
OUT OF 99 CENTS.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001964 CA
(NAME) HAD A KITTEN.
SHE SWALLOWED A BALL OF YARN,
AND WHEN SHE HAD KITTENS,
THEY ALL HAD SWEATERS ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001964 CA
AMONG LIFE'S BURNING EMBERS,
TWO THINGS I HAVE REGRETS,
WHEN I AM RIGHT NO ONE REMEMBERS,
WHEN I AM WRONG, NO ONE FORGETS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001964 CA
DON'T BE # (SHARP IN MUSIC)
DON'T BE B (FLAT IN MUSIC)
JUST BE (SYMBOL) NATURAL IN MUSIC)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001964 CA
I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART,
I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY LIVER,
IF I HAD YOU IN MY MOUTH,
I'D SPIT YOU IN THE RIVER.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001940-1941
AIN'T IT DISGUSTING,
DON'T IT GET YOUR GOAT,
TO JUMP IN THE BATHTUB,
AND THEN FORGET THE SOAP?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001940-1941
ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST,
IF THE DEVIL DON'T GET YOU, "SING, SING" MUST.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
James Callow Keyword(s): PRISON AT OSSINING, NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001929-1933