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PARODY

HOW DRY I AM
HOW WET I'LL BE
IF I DON'T FIND
THE BATHROOM KEY.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life

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MY GAL'S A CORKER

MY GAL'S A CORKER, SHE'S A NEW YORKER.
I BUY HER EVERYTHING TO KEEP HER IN STYLE. LA - LA - LA.
SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF FEET JUST LIKE TWO SLABS OF MEAT.
YES, SIR, THAT'S WHERE MY MONEY GOES.

MY GAL'S A CORKER, SHE'S A NEW YORKER.
I BUY HER EVERYTHING TO KEEP HER IN STYLE. LA - LA LA.
SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF KNEES JUST LIKE TWO ROTTEN PEAS.
YES, SIR, THAT'S WHERE MY MONEY GOES.

MY GAL'S A CORKER, SHE'S A NEW YORKER.
I BUY HER EVERYTHING TO KEEP HER IN STYLE. LA - LA - LA.
SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF HIPS JUST LIKE TWO BATTLESHIPS
YES, SIR, THAT'S WHERE MY MONEY GOES.

MY GAL'S A CORKER, SHE'S A NEW YORKER.
I BUY HER EVERYTHING TO KEEP HER IN STYLE. LA - LA - LA.
SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF LIPS JUST LIKE TWO POKER CHIPS.
YES, SIR, THAT'S WHERE MY MONEY GOES.

MY GAL'S A CORKER, SHE'S A NEW YORKER.
I BUY HER EVERYTHING TO KEEP HER IN STYLE. LA - LA - LA.
SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF EYES JUST LIKE TWO PIZZA PIES.
YES, SIR, THAT'S WHERE MY MONEY GOES.

MY GAL'S A CORKER, SHE'S A NEW YORKER.
I BUY HER EVERYTHING TO KEEP HER IN STYLE. LA - LA - LA.
SHE'S GOT A HEAD OF HAIR JUST LIKE A GRIZZLY BEAR.
YES, SIR, THAT'S WHERE MY MONEY GOES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children

Date learned: 00-00-1955

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PARODY SUNG TO THE TUNE OF " PRETTY BABY "

EVERY PARTY NEEDS A POOPER
THAT'S WHY WE INVITED YOU...
PARTY POOPER, PARTY POOPER}}}

Submitter comment: WE'D SING THIS AT ANY LULL IN A PARTY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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PARODY

OH SAY CAN YOU SEE
ANY BEDBUGS ON ME
IF YOU DO
TAKE A FEW
AND I'LL FRY THEM FOR YOU.

Submitter comment: FROM HER GRANDFATHER, MR. HELLER, OF ENGLISH DESCENT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): FOOD : AABBB ; HUMOR ; STAR SPANGLED BANNER

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER

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PEPSI COLA

PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT
THE MAN WHO MAKES IT SHOULD BE SHOT
TASTES LIKE VINEGAR
LOOKS LIKE INK
POUR IT DOWN THE KITCHEN SINK

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): PARODY OF ADVERTISING JINGLE ; SODA POP

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children

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I MADE YOU LOOK YOU DIRTY CROOK

HEY, LOOK, I MADE YOU LOOK, YOU DIRTY CROOK,
YOU STOLE YOUR MAMA'S POCKET BOOK.
YOU STOLE A DIME AND BOUGHT SOME WINE,
AND NOW YOU LOOK LIKE FRANKENSTEIN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children

Date learned: 11-04-1977

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TITANIC SONG

VERSE 1:
THEY BUILT THE SHIP TITANIC
TO SAIL THE OCEAN BLUE
AND THEY SAID IT WAS A SHIP
THAT THE WATER COULDN'T GO THROUGH
IT WAS ON ITS MAIDEN TRIP
WHEN AN ICEBERG HIT THE SHIP
IT WAS SAD WHEN THE GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN
REFRAIN:
OH, IT WAS SAD, IT WAS SAD
IT WAS SAD WHEN THE GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE--
HUSBANDS AND WIVES, LITTLE KIDDIES LOST THEIR LIVES
IT WAS SAD WHEN THE GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN
VERSE 2:
THEY WERE NOT FAR FROM ENGLAND
THEY WERE NOT FAR FROM SHORE
WHEN THE RICH REFUSED
TO ASSOCIATE WITH THE POOR
SO THEY PUT THEM DOWN BELOW
WHERE THEY'D BE THE FIRST TO GO
IT WAS SAD WHEN THE GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN
REPEAT REFRAIN
VERSE 3:
THEY THREW THE LIFEBOATS OVER
INTO THE FOAMING SEA
AND THE BAND STRUCK UP
"NEAR MY GOD TO THEE"
LITTLE KIDDIES SCREAMED AND CRIED
BUT THEY ALL WENT DOWN AND DIED
IT WAS SAD WHEN THE GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN
REPEAT REFRAIN

Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS SONG ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO IN SOLON, OHIO AT ST. RITA'S
SUMMER BIBLE SCHOOL. IT WAS FOR CATHOLIC CHILDREN FROM KINDERGARTEN
TO FIFTH GRADE. FR. ED DIETRICH, ONE OF THE PARISH PRIESTS, TAUGHT
US THIS SONG. THE KIDS ALL LOVED IT FOR SOME REASON AND WOULD LAUGH
AND GIGGLE ALL THROUGH IT WHICH SEEMED IRONICALLY HILARIOUS. I HAVE
NO IDEA WHERE FR. DIETRICH LEARNED THE SONG BUT IT REMAINS ONE OF MY
FAVORITES.
SATIRE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

Date learned: 00-00-1971

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SONG

C-O-F-F-E-E- COFFEE IS NOT FOR ME. IT'S A DRINK SOME PEOPLE
WAKE UP WITH, THAT IT MAKES YOU NERVOUS IS NO MYTH.
SLAVES TO A COFFEE CUP, THEY CAN'T GIVE COFFEE UP.

Submitter comment: THIS IS A SONG I LEARNED IN THE FIRST GRADE. IT IS USUALLY
SUNG IN ROUNDS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children

Date learned: 00-00-1962

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PSYCHOTHERAPY

MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE
THEORIES OF FREUD, HE HAS TAUGHT ME ALL
THE EVILS THAT MY EGO MUST AVOID,
REPRESSION OF THE IMPULSES RESULT IN
PARANOID, AS THE ID GOES MARCHING ON.
CHORUS: GLORY, GLORY PSYCHOTHERAPY
GLORY, GLORY SEXUALITY, GLORY, GLORY
NOW WE CAN BE FREE, AS THE ID GOES
MARCHING ON.
THERE WAS A MAN WHO THOUGHT TO HIM
HIS FRIENDS WERE ALL SUPERIOR, IN THIS
COMPLEX HE IMAGINED MADE LIFE DREARIER
AND DREARIER, TILL HIS ANALYST ASSURED
HIM THAT HE REALLY WAS INFERIOR, AS THE
ID GOES MARCHING ON.
DO YOU DROWN YOUR SUPER EGO IN A
FLOOD OF ALCHOHOL AND GO RUNNING AFTER
WOMEN TILL YOU'RE JUST ABOUT TO FALL, YOU
MAY THINK YOU'RE HAVING FUN BUT YOU'RE NOT
HAVING FUN AT ALL, AS THE ID GOES
MARCHING ON. CHORUS
OH SAD IS THE MASECHISM THE VAGARIES
OF SEX, HAVE TURNED HALF OUR POPULATION
INTO TOTAL NERVOUS WRECKS, BUT YOUR
ANALYST WILL CURE YOU LONG AS YOU CAN
PAY THE CHECKS, AS THE ID GOES MARCHING
ON. CHORUS
IS YOUR BODY PLAGUED BY ACHES AND
PAINS THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND?
COMPOUND FRACTURES, INGROWN TOENAILS,
FLOATING KIDNEYS, TREMBLING HANDS, THERE'S
A SECRET TO YOUR TROUBLES, YOU'RE IN LOVE
WITH YOUR OLD MAN, AS THE ID GOES
MARCHING ON. CHORUS
FREUD'S MYSTIC WORLD OF MEANINGS NEEDN'T
HAVE US MYSTIFIED, IT'S REALLY VERY
SIMPLE WHAT THE PSYCHIC TRIES TO HIDE
A THING IS A PHALLIC SYMBOL IF IT'S LONGER
THAN IT'S WIDE, AS THE ID GOES MARCHING
ON. CHORUS

Submitter comment: SUNG TO THE TUNE OF THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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CAMP SONG WHERE OH WHERE

WHERE OH WHERE ARE YOU TONIGHT,
WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME HERE ALL ALONE,
I SEARCHED THE WORLD OVER AND THOUGHT I FOUND TRUE LOVE,
YOU FOUND ANOTHER AND ----- YOU WERE GONE.

Submitter comment: AT THE DASH IN THE LAST LINE, THE SINGER STICKS OUT HER TONGUE AND
MAKES A RASBERRY NOISE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion
SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia

Date learned: 04-00-1979

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BRAG AND INSULT

IN THE WINTER WHEN WE WERE YOUNG WE USED TO JUMP ON TOP OF A
SNOW MOUND AND SAY "I AM THE KING OF THE CASTLE AND YOU ARE A
DIRTY RASCAL."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

Date learned: CA00001967

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BLOOD ON THE RISERS

HE WAS JUST A ROOKIE TROOPER,
AND HE SURELY SHOOK WITH FRIGHT.
HE CHECKED OFF HIS EQUIPMENT,
AND MADE SURE HIS PACK WAS TIGHT.
HE HAD TO SIT AND LISTEN TO THOSE
AWFUL ENGINES ROAR.
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE. MM
(CHORUS) GORY, GORY WHAT A HELLUVA WAY TO DIE.
GORY, GORY WHAT A HELLUVA WAY TO DIE.
GORY, GORY WHAT A HELLUVA WAY TO DIE.
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE. MM
IS EVERYBODY HAPPY,
CRIED THE SERGEANT LOOKING UP?
OUR HERO FEEBLY ANSWERED, YES,
AND THEN THEY STOOD HIM UP.
HE JUMPED INTO THE ICY BLAST,
HIS STATIC LINE UNHOOKED.
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE. MM
(CHORUS) MM
HE COUNTED LOUD, HE COUNTED LONG,
HE WAITED FOR THE SHOCK.
HE FELT THE WIND, HE FELT THE COLD,
HE FELT THE AWFUL DROP.
HE JERKED THE CORD, THE SILK SPILLED OUT,
AND WRAPPED AROUND HIS LEGS.
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE. MM
(CHORUS) MM
THE RISERS SWUNG AROUND HIS NECK,
CONNECTORS CRACKED HIS DOME.
SUSPENSION LINES WERE TIED IN KNOTS,
AROUND HIS SKINNY BONES.
HIS CANOPY BECAME HIS SHROUD,
AND HE HURLED INTO THE EARTH.
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE. MM
(CHORUS) MM
THE DAYS HE LIVED AND LOVED AND LAUGHED,
KEPT RUNNING THROUGH HIS MIND.
HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE GIRLS BACK HOME,
THE ONES HE LEFT BEHIND.
HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE MEDICS,
AND HE WONDERED WHAT THEY'D FIND.
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE. MM
(CHORUS) MM
THE AMBULANCE WAS ON THE SPOT.
THE JEEPS WERE RUNNING WILD.
THE MEDICS JUMPED AND SCREAMED WITH GLEE,
AND ROLLED THEIR SLEEVES AND SMILED.
FOR IT HAD BEEN A WEEK OR SO
SINCE LAST A CHUTE HAD FAILED.
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE. MM
(CHORUS) MM
HE HIT THE GROUND, THE SOUND WAS SPLAT.
HIS BLOOD WENT SPURTING HIGH.
HIS COMRADES THEN WERE HEARD TO SAY,
WHAT A HELLUVA WAY TO DIE.
HE LAY THERE ROLLING TO AND FRO,
IN THE WELTER OF HIS GORE.
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE. MM
(CHORUS) MM
THERE WAS BLOOD UPON THE RISERS.
THERE WAS BRAIN UPON THE CHUTE.
INTESTINES WERE A'DANGLIN' FROM
THIS PARATROOPER'S BOOTS.
THEY PICKED HIM UP STILL IN THE CHUTE,
AND POURED HIM FROM HIS BOOTS.
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE. MM
(CHORUS)

Submitter comment: THIS IS A MARCHING CADENCE SUNG TO THE TUNE
OF "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC." UNITED
STATES ARMY AIRBORNE SCHOOL IS A THREE-WEEK
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION AT FORT BENNING,
GEORGIA. THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION
CONSIST OF GROUND AND TOWER TRAINING. THE
THIRD WEEK CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETING FIVE PARACHUTE JUMPS FROM AN AIRCRAFT
IN FLIGHT. AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF
GROUND AND TOWER TRAINING, BUT PRIOR TO JUMP
WEEK, "BLOOD ON THE RISERS" RECORDINGS ARE
PLAYED ON LOUDSPEAKERS THROUGHOUT THE STUDENT
COMPANY AREA AS A FORM OF GOOD-NATURED INTIMIDATION
BY THE CADRE.
"RISERS" REFERS TO HEAVY NYLON STRAPS WHICH
EXTEND FROM THE PARACHUTE HARNESS TO THE SUSPENSION
LINES. "STATIC LINE" IS A CORD WHICH IS SNAPPED
TO A WIRE RUNNING THE LENGTH OF THE INTERIOR OF
THE AIRCRAFT, AND WHICH OPENS THE CHUTE
AUTOMATICALLY AS THE JUMPER EXITS THE AIRCRAFT.
THE "COUNT" REFERS TO THE JUMPER'S SILENTLY
COUNTING TO FOUR AND AWAITING THE OPENING SHOCK
OF THE PARACHUTE, LETTING HIM KNOW THAT THE
PARACHUTE HAS DEPLOYED SAFELY. THE "CONNECTORS"
ARE HEAVY ALUMINUM CLIPS WHICH ATTACH THE RISERS
SECURELY TO THE PARACHUTE HARNESS AT CHEST LEVEL.
"SUSPENSION LINES" ARE THE SEVERAL NARROW NYLON
CORDS WHICH RUN FROM THE RISERS TO THE EDGE OF
THE PARACHUTE CANOPY.
THE SONG IS SUNG BY THE STUDENT COMPANY
AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY AS THE PARACHUTIST
WINGS ARE PINNED ON AFTER THE FIFTH QUALIFYING
JUMP.

Where learned: GEORGIA ; FORT BENNING

James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION (STANZA 3). ; MEDIAL ITERATION (STANZA 3).

Subject headings: Favorites
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad, Song, Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535

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TAUNTING SONG

I'M GOING TO SEND MY BOY TO BONA,
ACROSS THE DIRTY RAILROAD TRACKS.
I'M GOING TO SEND MY BOY TO BONA,
AND HOPE TO HELL HE DON'T COME BACK, HE DON'T COME BACK. MM
I'M GOING TO SEND MY BOY TO BONA,
WHERE THEY WILL EDUCATE HIM WELL, LIKE HELL.
I'M GOING TO SEND MY BOY TO BONA,
OH YES I AM, LIKE HELL.
HERE'S TO DEAR OLD BONA-A! WUMPHF!
THIS SONG IS SUNG MANY TIMES AT EACH CANISIUS COLLEGE-
ST. BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL GAME BY THE CANISIUS
FANS. THERE EXISTS A FIERCE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO.

Submitter comment:

"BONA" IS PRONOUNCED LIKE THE FIRST TWO SYLLABLES OF
BONAVENTURE.

Data entry tech comment:

Keypunched by R.J.Miller 11/82

Updated by TRD 01/12

Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK

Keyword(s): EDUCATION ; HUMOR ; IRONY ; Lyrics ; RHYME ; SONG

James Callow Keyword(s): EDUCATION ; IRONY ; SATIRE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School

Date learned: 11-00-1966

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JUVENILE DELINQUENTS

WHEN I WAS IN MY CATHOLIC GRADE SCHOOL, WE USED TO THINK THAT
WE WERE THE ULTIMATE IN "NAUGHTY" WHEN WE USED TO SING THIS
SONG BEHIND THE NUN'S BACKS. IT IS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF YANKEE
DOODLE DANDY.
WE ARE JUVENILE DELINQUENTS, WE ROAM THE STREETS TILL TWO A. M.
WE DRINK WITH THE SAILORS AND WE SMOKE WITH THE BUMS, WE WAIT
ON THE CORNER FOR PICKUPS TO COME. OH, WE ARE JUVENILE
DELINQUENTS, WE SLEEP IN BED BUT NOT ALONE... MOVE OVER BABY...
YOU'RE TAKING UP THE WHOLE DAMN BED AND THERE WAS GRANNY,
SWINGING ON THE OUTHOUSE DOOR... WITHOUT HER NIGHTY.. WAITING
FOR THE GARBAGE MEN, TO COME A RUNNING. OH WE ARE MAMA'S
JUVENILES. COME ON AND HUG ME. OH, WE ARE MAMA'S JUVENILES,
COME ON AND KISS ME. OH, WE ARE MAMA'S JUVENILES. DA DA DA.

Where learned: OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA GRADE SCHOOL

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children

Date learned: 00-00-1975

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MICHIGAN-I-O

COME ALL YOU JOLLY LUMBERMEN,
WHEREVER YOU MAY BE,
I PRAY YOU PAY ATTENTION
AND LISTEN UNTO ME.
'TIS OF SOME JOLLY LUMBERMEN
WHO DID AGREE TO GO
AND SPEND THE WINTER PLEASANTLY
IN MICHIGAN-I-O. MM
'TWAS EARLY IN THE SEASON,
THE FALL OF 'SIXTY-THREE,
A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL
ONE MORNING CAME TO ME.
SAID HE, "MY BRISK YOUNG FELLOW,
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO
AND SPEND A WINTER PLEASANTLY
IN MICHIGAN-I-O?" MM
THEN I MADE HIM THIS REPLY
AND UNTO HIM DID SAY,
"MY GOING OUT TO MICHIGAN
DEPENDS UPON THE PAY.
IF YOU WILL PAY GOOD WAGES
AND PASSAGE TO AND FRO,
I THINK I'LL GO ALONG WITH YOU
TO MICHIGAN-I-O." MM
'TWAS BY THIS KIND PERSUASION
THAT HE HIRED QUITE A TRAIN,
TWENTY-FIVE OR THIRTY,
BOTH YOUNG AND ABLE MEN.
WE HAD A PLEASANT VOYAGE,
THE WAY WE HAD TO GO,
AND WE LANDED SAFE IN SAGINAW
IN MICHIGAN-I-O. MM
BUT HERE OUR PLEASURES ENDED,
AND TROUBLES THEY BEGAN.
WAYNE AND BRIGHT'S AGENTS
THEY CAME A-SAILING IN
AND LED US TO A COUNTRY--
THE WAY I DO NOT KNOW--
UP THE TOBACCO RIVER
IN MICHIGAN-I-O. MM
TO TELL HOW WE DID SUFFER
IS BEYOND THE ART OF MAN;
TO GIVE A GOOD DESCRIPTION
I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN:
OUR BOARD THE DOGS WOULD LAUGH AT;
OUR BED IT WAS THE SNOW.
GOD GRANT THERE IS NO MEANER PLACE
THAN MICHIGAN-I-O. MM
BUT NOW THE WINTER'S OVER,
AND HOMEWARD WE ARE BOUND;
AND IN THIS CURSED COUNTRY
NO LONGER WE'LL BE FOUND.
WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR SWEETHEARTS,
TELL OTHERS NOT TO GO
TO A GOD-FORSAKEN COUNTRY
CALLED MICHIGAN-I-O.

Submitter comment: MRS. TOWNE HEARD THIS SONG FROM SOMEONE IN HOUGHTON LAKE.
SHE DOES NOT REMEMBER WHO IT WAS, HOWEVER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE

James Callow Keyword(s): DISCONTENT ; LUMBERJACK

Subject headings: Favorites
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C230
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Serious condemnation Scorn
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

Date learned: 00001930S

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I WANNA BEER
JUST LIKE THE BEER
THAT PICKLED MY OLE MAN.
IT WAS A BEER
AND THE ONLY BEER
THAT DADDY EVER HAD.
A GOOD OLE FASHIONED BEER
WITH LOTS OF FOAM.
TOOK TEN MEN TO CARRY DADDY HOME.
OH I WANT A BEER
JUST LIKE THE BEER
THAT PICKLED MY OLE MAN.

Submitter comment: SONG IS PARADY OF I WANT A GAL

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

Date learned: 03-00-1984

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GLORY GLORY HALLELUIAH
TEACHER HIT ME WITH A RULER
I MET HER AT THE DOOR
WITH A LOADED .44
AND SHE AIN'T MY TEACHER NO MORE.

Submitter comment: SONG IS A PARADY OF THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

Date learned: 03-00-1984

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SONG

MCDONALDS IS YOUR KINDA PLACE
HAMBURGERS IN YOUR FACE.
FRENCH FRIES UP YOUR NOSE,
COKES DOWN YOUR PANTYHOSE.
LAST TIME I WAS THERE,
THEY FRIED MY UNDERWEAR.
MCDONALDS IS YOUR KINDA PLACE.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM SOME FRIENDS IN SCHOOL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): MC'DONALD'S IS A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT CHAIN.

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children

Date learned: 00001978CA

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GLORY, GLORY HALLELUJIAH HIT THE TEACHER WITH A RULER
HID BEHIND THE DOOR WITH A LOADED FORTY-FOUR
AND THE TEACHER DIDN'T TEACH NO MORE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS

Keyword(s): PARODY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

Date learned: 00-00-1984

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JOY TO THE WORLD THE SCHOOL BLEW UP,
AND ALL THE KIDS ARE FREE.
THEY FOUND THE PRINCIPLE DEAD,
WITH A PENCIL IN HIS HEAD.
LET HEAVEN AND NATURE SING, LET HEAVEN AND NATURE SING,
LET HEAVEN AND NATURE SING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS

Keyword(s): PARODY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious

Date learned: 00-00-1982

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