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CONFUCIUS SAY: KOTEX NOT BEST THING ON EARTH, BUT NEXT TO IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; PUDENDUM ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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PROVERB
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CONFUCIUS SAY: LAY GIRL IN STRAWBERRY PATCH, GET SELF IN JAM.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; PARODY ; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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FRATERNITY DRINKING SONG
HERE'S TO BROTHER (NAME), BROTHER (NAME), BROTHER (NAME)
HERE'S TO BROTHER (NAME) WHO'S WITH US TONIGHT.
HE EATS IT, HE BEATS IT, HE EVEN MISTREATS IT,
HERE'S TO BROTHER (NAME) WHO'S WITH US TONIGHT.
SO DRINK CHUG-A-LUG, DRINK CHUG-A-LUG, DRINK CHUG-A-LUG,
DRINK CHUG-A-LUG (CONTINUES UNTIL THE BROTHER FINISHES DRINKING)
HERE'S TO BROTHER (NAME) WHO'S WITH US TONIGHT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRATERNITY SONG ; OBSCENE DRINKING SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion Filter - Mature Content |
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SONG.
MARK IS MAD AND I'M GLAD
AND I KNOW HOW TO PLEASE HIM.
A BOTTLE OF WINE TO MAKE HIM SHINE
AND THREE LITTLE NIGGERS TO SQUEEZE HIM.
Submitter comment: SUNG TO HER BY HER GRANDFATHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
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PARODIES (SONGS)
HEY LOTTY LOTTY POTTY
HEY LOTTY POTTY PO
HEY LOTTY POTTY POTTY
HEY GIRL I LOVE YOU SO
I KNOW A GIRL NAMED BUFFALO BILL
HEY POTTY POTTY, PO
WHEN SHE WON'T DO IT HER BUFFALO WILL
HEY LOTTY POTTY PO}
REPEAT CHORUS
Submitter comment:
TUNE OF SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN.
SONG FROM JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Filter - Mature Content |
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BILLBOARD SONG
THERE IS A BILLBOARD ON THE HILL
THAT SEXY BILLBOARD GIVES ME SUCH A THRILL
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND JUST A CHILD
THAT SEXY BILLBOARD DROVE ME WILD.
Submitter comment:
OFTEN SUNG AT BROTHER RICE HIGH IN CONJUNCTION WITH
ANY ONE OF THE BROTHERS. THE NICKNAME WAS USED AND "DA-DA"
SUBSTITUTED FOR BILLBOARD FOR SUGGESTIVE EFFECT. I.E.:
"MICKEY'S DA-DA DROVE ME WILD."
Where learned: FERNDALE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
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BABY TRAINS
WHY CAN'T BIG TRAINS HAVE LITTLE TRAINS?
BECAUSE THE NEW YORK CENTRAL ALWAYS PULLS OUT ON TIME.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): INTERCOURSE WITHDRAWAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
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MATH PROF
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE CONSTIPATED MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR WHO
WORKED IT OUT WITH A PENCIL?
YES
Submitter comment:
COLLECTED FROM THE WALL OF THE MENS JOHN IN
RENO HALL, BASEMENT.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSCENE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PREGNANT WOMAN AND A LIGHTBULB?
YOU CAN'T UNSCREW THE WOMAN
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): OBSCENE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
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WHY DIDN'T THE FORTUNE TELLER HAVE ANY KIDS?
HE HAD CRYSTAL BALLS
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): GONADS BODY PART ; OBSCENE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
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WHO WAS THE FIRST CARPENTER IN THE WORLD?
EVE- SHE MADE ADAM'S BANANA STAND.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): ERECTION OF PENIS ; OBSCENE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WOMAN IN CHURCH
AND A WOMAN IN THE BATHTUB?
A WOMAN IN CHURCH HAS HOPE IN HER SOUL.
A WOMAN IN THE BATHTUB HAS SOAP IN HER HOLE.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): ANUS ; OBSCENE ; PUN ; SPOONERISM CONUNDRUM
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
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WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A BLIND WHORE?
HAND IT TO HER.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): OBSCENE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
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HOLLANDER JOKE
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A HOLLANDER WITH A ROADRUNNER?
A STREAK OF SHIT
Submitter comment: HE HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
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HOLLANDER JOKE
WHY DO HOLLANDERS MAKE THEIR WEDDING CAKES OUT OF SHIT?
TO KEEP THE FLIES OFF THE BRIDE.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM FRIENDS
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
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RIDDLE QUESTION
WHAT'S BLACK OUTSIDE AND WHITE INSIDE?
DEARBORN
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM CLASSMATE AT ST. ALPHONOUS
HIGH SCHOOL IN DEARBORN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; EXCLUSION OF BLACKS FROM DEARBORN, MICHIGAN HOUSING ; RACE SEGREGATION ; SATIRE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 09-27-1967
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RIDDLE QUESTION
WHAT WORD STARTS WITH F AND ENDS IN U-C-K?
FIRETRUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSCENE IMPLICATION ; PRETENDED OBSCENE ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
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ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS THIS NIGGER WOMAN
WHO HAD A MAGIC MIRROR. ONE DAY SHE WENT UP TO IT
AND SAID: "MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL, WHO IS THE
FAIREST OF THEM ALL". THE MIRROR REPLIED:
"SLEEPING BEAUTY IS, YOU BLACK BITCH, AND DON'T YOU
FORGET IT."
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THE JOKE IN CHICAGO.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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THREE DRAGON SAILORS CROSSED THE RHINE,
THREE DRAGON SAILORS CROSSED THE RHINE, TABOO, TABOO,
THREE DRAGON SAILORS CROSSED THE RHINE, TABOO, TABOO,
THREE DRAGON SAILORS CROSSED THE RHINE,
TO FILL THEIR BELLIES FULL OF WINE,
TABOO, TABOO, TA-BOTTLE OF BOTTLE OF BOOZE.
THEY CAME UPON A WAYSIDE INN, TABOO, TABOO,
THEY CAME UPON A WAYSIDE INN, TABOO, TABOO,
THEY CAME UPON A WAYSIDE INN,
AND THEY DECIDED TO GO IN,
TABOO, TABOO, TA-BOTTLE OF BOTTLE OF BOOZE.
THE INNKEEPER HAD A DAUGHTER FAIR, TABOO, TABOO,
THE INNKEEPER HAD A DAUGHTER FAIR, TABOO, TABOO,
THE INNKEEPER HAD A DAUGHTER FAIR
WITH DARK AND WAVY LONG BROWN HAIR,
TABOO, TABOO, TA-BOTTLE OF BOTTLE OF BOOZE.
THEY LAID HER ON A FEATHER BED, TABOO, TABOO,
THEY LAID HER ON A FEATHER BED, TABOO, TABOO,
THEY LAID HER ON A FEATHER BED
PULLED THE BLANKETS ON OVER HER HEAD,
TABOO, TABOO, TA-BOTTLE OF BOTTLE OF BOOZE.
THREE DRAGON SAILORS WENT TO HELL, TABOO, TABOO,
THREE DRAGON SAILORS WENT TO HELL, TABOO, TABOO,
THREE DRAGON SAILORS WENT TO HELL,
WHERE THEY OOMPHED THE DEVIL'S WIFE AS WELL,
TABOO, TABOO, TA-BOTTLE OF BOTTLE OF BOOZE.
Submitter comment:
A COLLEGE TUNE SUNG TO THE TUNE OF:
"THE YANKS ARE MARCHING HOME AGAIN"
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM (OOMPHED) FOR OBSCENE WORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Emotion Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 11-20-1969
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HIDDY DIDDY CHRIST ALL MIGHTY
WHO IN THE HELL ARE WE?
HOT DAM, GOD DAM WE'RE THE BLOODY "B",
WE CIRCUMSIZED A GENERAL WITH A BROKEN PIECE OF GLASS
AND EVERY TIME HE'D HOLLER WE'D STUFF IT UP HIS ASS.
Submitter comment:
THERE ARE MANY VERSES TO THIS SONG BUT THIS IS ALL I REMEMBER.
WE USED TO SING THIS WHILE WE WERE MARCHING DURING MY BOOT
CAMP DAYS AT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: BOOT CAMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 10-25-1968