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LOOK SEE THAT ME
UP WILL I LOVE
LOOK YOU LOVE YOU
DOWN ANAND

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 00001959-1960

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I AM THE GIRL FROM THE CITY,
I AM THE GIRL FROM THE TOWN.
I AM THE GIRL THAT SPOILED YOUR BOOK
BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 00001959-1960

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WHEN YOU'RE IN THE COUNTRY
AND RUNNING AROUND THE HEDGES
REMEMBER THE GIRL
WHO WROTE ALONG THE EDGES.

Submitter comment: HEARD RECITED BY AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMIC WHO
READ IT FROM AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK, WHICH HE SAID WAS
HIS FROM DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL DAYS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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REMEMBER THE CIRCUS?
REMEMBER THE CLOWN?
REMEMBER THE BOY WHO WROTE IN YOUR BOOK
UPSIDE DOWN?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

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I AM THE CLOWN
THAT CAME TO TOWN
AND SIGNED MY NAME
UPSIDE DOWN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 03-12-1970

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TWO IN A HAMMOCK
GOING TO KISS--
WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
IT WENT LIKE THIS! (WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 00001958-1960

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REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE CITY,
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE TOWN,
REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO SPOILED YOUR BOOK,
BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN

Submitter comment: THIS VERSE IS WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
GRADE SCHOOL GRADUATION

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

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WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS BOOK,
YOU WILL SEE,
THE ONE WHO WROTE UPSIDEDOWN
WAS ME.

James Callow comment: VERSE WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 00-00-1956

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REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE CITY,
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE TOWN,
REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO RUINED YOUR BOOK,
BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN

Submitter comment: LEARNED IN GRADE SCHOOL

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 00-00-1960

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THIS AUTOGRAPH MUST BE WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN.
REMEMBER THE GIRL FROM THE CITY,
REMEMBER THE GIRL FROM THE TOWN,
BUT REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO RUINED YOUR BOOK
BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN!

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 06-00-1962

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LOOK SEE THAT ME
UP WILL I LOVE
ANLOVE YOU
DOWN AND YOU AND

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 00001930-1933

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I'M THE TOUGHEST GIRL IN THE CITY
I'M THE TOUGHEST GIRL IN THE TOWN
I'M THE GIRL WHO SPOILED YOUR BOOK
BY WRITING IN IT UPSIDE DOWN.

James Callow comment: VERSE WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 00-00-1955

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REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE CITY,
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE TOWN,
REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO RUINED YOUR BOOK,
BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

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I BET I CAN
EVERY FOOL IN TOWN
TURN THIS BOOK
UPSIDE DOWN.

James Callow comment: SOMETHING MISSING?

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 09-00-1968

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PROSE AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; MATRIMONY (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)

WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE UP TOWN,/ REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO WROTE
UPSIDE DOWN PEGGY SEILER

Submitter comment: WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN ON PAGE.

Data entry tech comment: LINE DIVISIONS SUPPLIED BY KEYPUNCHER

Where learned: SAINT JAMES SCHOOL ; COLLECTED IN SEVENTH GRADE

Keyword(s): RHYME: AA ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 00-00-1959

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AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; READING OR WRITING BACKWARDS OR UPSIDE DOWN (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)

ONLY MONKEYS LOOK UPSIDE DOWN}

Submitter comment: WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK

Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; CATCH INSULT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 03-01-1970

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AUTOGRAPH VERSE (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; READING OR WRITING BACKWARDS OR UPSIDE DOWN (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)

I'M THE GIRL OF THE CITY,/THE GIRL OF THE TOWN,
I'M THE GIRL WHO SPOILED YOUR BOOK,/ BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN.

Submitter comment: THE ABOVE IS WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 00-00-1963 ; 00-00-1964 ; 00-00-1965

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AUTOGRAPH ITEM

READ SEE HOW HOPE YOU
UP WILL MUCH I LIKE
AND YOU I AND
DOWN AND LIKE YOU ME

Submitter comment: THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF
COLETTE BY A SCHOOLMATE.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; RHYME ABCB ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 10-08-1967

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL

REMEMBER THE GIRL FROM THE CITY
REMEMBER THE GIRL FROM THE TOWN
BUT REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO SPOILED THIS BOOK
BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN.

Where learned: HOME ; DEARBORN

Keyword(s): BOAST ; FRIENDSHIP ; HUMOR ; INDIRECTION ; QUATRAIN ; REMEMBRANCE

James Callow Keyword(s): AMPHIMACERS IN FIRST LINE ; METER: ANAPESTIC ; TYPOGRAPHICAL

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: 10-22-1968

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