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BEDTIME RHYME
GOOD NIGHT,
SLEEP TIGHT,
DON'T LET THE BED BUGS BITE.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MISSION VIEJO
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
DRINKING TOAST
THROUGH THE LIPS AND OVER THE GUMS,
LOOK OUT LIVER, HERE IT COMES}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.400 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
DRINKING TOAST
LOOK OUT STOMACH, LOOK OUT GUMS, LOOK OUT LIVER, HERE IT COMES}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.400 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
PRAYER/RHYME
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP, A BAG OF PEANUTS AT MY FEET,
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE, I PRAY I DON'T DIE OF A STOMACHE ACHE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
MAY YOUR DAY BE BRIGHT
MAY YOUR LIFE BE IN CLOVER
MAY EVERYTHING TURN OUT RIGHT
AND MAY YOUR TOILET NEVER RUN OVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
WHEN YOUR FEET ARE DAMP AND COLD,
AND DARK IS YOUR CAREER,
JUST DANCE A POLKA ON YOUR THUMB,
AND WALK OFF ON YOUR EAR.
Submitter comment:
MRS. FRANK BALLARD OF WESTERVILLE, OHIO SUBMITTED
THE ABOVE, TAKEN FROM HER 90-YEAR-OLD MOTHER'S
ALBUM, TO THE BUD GUEST "SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET"
PROGRAM. I RECEIVED A CARBON COPY OF THE SCRIPT FROM
WHICH MR. GUEST READ THE ABOVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TALL TALK
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001890S
DON'T FOOL AROUND NEAR THE GARDEN GATE,
LOVE IS BLIND,
BUT MOTHER AIN'T!!!!
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME THIS THE NIGHT I WENT
TO MY SENIOR PROM.
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUTIONARY ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 05-00-1984
JOY AND TEMPERANCE AND REPOSE
SLAM THE DOOR ON THE DOCTOR'S NOSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SAYING THAT MY INFORMANT LEARNED FROM
HIS GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): BATHOS ANTILLIMAY ; CONTRAST ; SURPRISE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-08-1985
ON THE LAND OF MARS
WHERE THE BABIES SMOKE CIGARS
EVERY PUFF THEY TAKE
IS ENOUGH TO KILL A SNAKE
WHEN THE SNAKES ARE DEAD
THEY PUT ROSES IN THEIR HEADS
WHEN THE ROSES DIE
THEY PUT DIAMONDS IN THEIR EYES
WHEN THE DIAMONDS BREAK
THAT'S THE END OF 1948
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS RHYME/SONG BY HER GRADE SCHOOL SISTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 11-00-1987 ; 11-00-1987
Entry filtered.
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.
Jack and Jill went up the hill to have a little fun.
But stupid Jill forgot her pill, and now they have a son.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRACEPTION
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1989
Diarrhea Drip, drip! Diarrhea! Drip, drip!
Some people think it's funny
But they like it hot and runny!
Diarrhea! Drip, drip! Diarrhea! Drip, drip!
Some people think it's nice
And they like it over rice!
Submitter comment:
The collector heard this as a child. It's a simple chant
where the last two lines after every "drip, drip" are changed.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): Feces as food ; HUMOR ; ILLNESS ; REFRAIN ; SICK HUMOR
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1991
Michigan, My Michigan
Michigan, my Michigan,
The state I love,
It looks just like a mitten,
But it fits just like a glove!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): State rhymes
James Callow Keyword(s): Shape of state of Michigan
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.326 |
Date learned: 01-00-1986
Anatomy Joke
I've studied Gray, and learned to name
The parts which make the frame.
But it took a guy in a singles bar,
To show me what the parts were for.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE ; from a friend
James Callow Keyword(s): Henry Gray's "Anatomy"
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001990s
Teetotaler
A teetotaler totaling tees,
Was bothered much by little fleas.
Submitter comment:
The informant thinks he heard his wife saying this one day, but
is not sure.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; from a friend
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001970S