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THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN FROM MY MOTHER'S GRADE SCHOOL AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
(GIRL'S NAME) HAD A LITTLE WATCH
SHE SWALLOWED IT ONE DAY
NOW SHE'S TAKING CASTOR OIL
TO PASS THE TIME AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN FROM MY MOTHER'S GRADE SCHOOL AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
ROSES ARE RED
THEIR STEMS ARE GREEN
YOU'VE GOT A FIGURE
LIKE A B-17.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN FROM MY MOTHER'S GRADE SCHOOL AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
YANKEE DOODLE WENT TO TOWN
RIDING ON A PONY
WENT INTO THE BARBER SHOP
AND GAVE HIMSELF A TONI (A PERMANENT)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN FROM MY MOTHER'S GRADE SCHOOL AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
ORANGES GROW IN TEXAS
LEMONS GROW THERE, TOO.
BUT ONLY A STATE LIKE NEBRASKA
COULD GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
ASHES TO ASHES,
DUST TO DUST,
IF IT WEREN'T FOR JIM,
JANE'S LIPS WOULD RUST.
Submitter comment:
MY EMPLOYER'S NAME IS JANE AND HER HUSBAND'S NAME IS
JIM. SHE SHOWED US HER OLD AUTOGRAPH BOOK WHERE SOMEONE
HAD WRITTEN THAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
REMEMBER ME FONDLY,
REMEMBER ME TRUE,
REMEMBER ME ALWAYS,
I'LL REMEMBER YOU TOO.
Submitter comment: SHE WAS A CLASSMATE OF MINE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
BEST FRIENDS HAVE LOTS IN COMMON:
WE LIKE TA READ,
WE LIKE TA PLAY,
WE LIKE TA PAINT,
WE LIKE TODAY,
I THINK YOUR GREAT
IN EVERY WAY.
Submitter comment: FOUND IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
I'M THE GIRL FROM THE CITY,
I'M THE GIRL FROM THE TOWN,
I'M THE GIRL WHO RUINED
YOUR BOOK BY WRITING
UPSIDE DOWN.
Submitter comment: FOUND IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
(PICTURE)=AUTO
I (PICTURE OF AUTO) CRY,
I (PICTURE OF AUTO) LAUGH,
I (PICTURE OF AUTO)SIGN,
MY (PICTURE OF AUTO)GRAPH.
Submitter comment:
MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN THE SMALL AUTOMOBILE IS DRAWN
IN THE PLACES INDICATED. FOUND IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
EASTER EGG GAME
ON ORTHODOX EASTER, EVERYONE IN THE FAMILLY DYES HARDBOILED EGGS
DEEP RED. THEN EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY PICKS OUT AN EGG AND
TRIES TO BREAK THE OTHER'S EGG BY HITTING THE TWO END TO END.
THE PERSON WHOSE EGG DOESN'T BREAK ON BOTH ENDS WILL HAVE A
LUCKY YEAR.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A RELIGIOUS TRADITION OF THE GREEK OTHODOX
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Date learned: 03-00-1968
This was an autograph in my mother's yearbook:
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Flush the toilet,
When you are through."
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
This was an autograph in my mother's yearbook:
"2-4-6-8, Don't make love by the garden gate,
Love is blind, but the neighbors ain't."
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
James Callow Keyword(s): Assonantal rhyme
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06001958 ca.
This was an autograph in my mother's yearbook:
"Ashes to ashes,
Dust to dust,
Why wear a bra,
Without a bust?"
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06001958 ca.
Autograph verse
I C U in the ocean,
I C U in the sea,
I C U in the bathtub,
Oops! pardon me.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sandusky
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Autograph verse
(Any name may be inserted here) had a little lamb,
And now the lamb is dead.
Now she takes it to school,
Between two loaves of bread.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sandusky
Keyword(s): Sandwich
James Callow Keyword(s): parody of "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Autograph verse
Roses are red, violets are black.
You would look better, with a knife in your back.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sandusky
Keyword(s): CURSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Autograph verse
(Insert first name), (Insert first name again),
In the tub, her mother forgot to put in the plug.
Oh my gosh! Oh my soul! There she goes, down the hole.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sandusky
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Autograph Rhyme
Autograph Book Rhyme:
Don't steal this book, my honest friend, for fear the gallows be your end. And when you die the Lord shall say, "Where is the book you wtole away?" But if you cannot tell, the Lord shall cast you into hell. Whoever steals this book of knowledge, will sweetly graduate from Sing-Sing College.
Submitter comment:
The autograph book this is taken from is collected from the years 1929-1933.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
BN [C760] is crossed out and the word FlyLeaf is written next to it.
Submission card located in a pile marked [?]
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; BOOK ; Glanshaw
Keyword(s): AFTERLIFE ; AUTOGRAPH ; FlyLeaf ; HELL ; Judgment ; PRISON ; RHYME ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): FlyLeaf
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Autograph Rhyme
Autograph Book Rhyme:
I pity the River/I pity the Brook/I pity the one /Who steals this book.
Submitter comment:
Submission is from informant's Junior High Autograph Book, dated 1929-1933
Data entry tech comment:
Motif and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C760] has been crossed out. The word FlyLeaf is written enxt to it.
Submission card located in pile marked [?]
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; BOOK ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; BOOK ; FlyLeaf ; poem ; RHYME ; River ; Signature ; VERSE ; WATER
James Callow Keyword(s): FlyLeaf
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Autograph Saying
2 young
2 drink
4 Roses
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; NEW YORK
James Callow Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |