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JINGLE BELLS, SANTA SMELLS IN BETWEEN HIS TOES.
OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO WATCH HIM BLOW HIS NOSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
JINGLE BELLS, BATMAN SMELLS, ROBIN LAID AN EGG.
THE BATMOBILE LOST ITS WHEEL AND THE JOKER GOT AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
YOU ARE A FRIEND OF MINE
YOU RESEMBLE FRANKENSTEIN
WHEN YOU DO THE POLISH JIG
YOU LOOK LIKE PORKY PIG
MY FAVORITE HAM.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A FUNNY SONG TAUGHT TO
JEAN A LONG LIME AGO, SOURCE
FORGOTTEN, BUT JEAN NOW TEACHES
IT TO HER GRANDCHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 00001960S
THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN FROM MY MOTHER'S GRADE SCHOOL AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
YANKEE DOODLE WENT TO TOWN RIDING A TURTLE
ROUNDED A CORNER JUST IN TIME
TO SEE A GIRL'S GIRDLE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS YOURS.
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.
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
CHEW TABACO, CHEW TABACO, CHEW TABACO SPIT; IF I WOULDN'T PLEDGED
KAPPA, I WOULDN'T HAVE PLEDGED SHIT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 11-19-1987
(sung to the tune of the Notre Dame fight song)
Cheers, cheers, for old Fraser High
You bring the whiskey
I'll bring the rye.
Send the Freshmen out for gin
And don't let a sober sophomore in. MM
Juniors and Seniors are always on the ball
They sober up on pure alcohol.
When your son comes staggering in
You'll know he's from Fraser High!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER
Keyword(s): Drinking, Parody,
"On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball, when somebody sneezed.
It rolled off the table, and onto the floor,
And then my poor meatball, rolled right out the door.
It rolled in the garden, and under a bush,
And then my poor meatball, was nothing but mush."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Kenmore
James Callow Keyword(s): Parody of "On Top Of Old Smokey"
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 00001973 ca.
"Everybody hates me, nobody likes me,
I'm gonna eat some worms.
Great big fat ones, real little skinny ones,
Little itty bitty ones, I'm gonna eat some worms.
Bite their heads off, suck their juice up,
Throw their skins away,
That will teach those nasty worms,
Not to run away."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): GORE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Sorrow Unhappiness Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Robin laid an egg.
Batmobile lost its wheel, and the Joker got away!
Submitter comment: Sung to the tune of Jingle Bells.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK
James Callow Keyword(s): Comic strip character
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 00001970S
On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball, when somebody sneezed.
It rolled off the table, and onto the floor,
And then my poor meatball, rolled out of the door.
It rolled in the garden, and under a bush,
And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush.
It laid there all winter, all covered with leaves,
And early next summer, it grew into a tree.
So when you eat spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
Hold onto your meatball, and don't ever sneeze - ACHOOOO!!!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00001970S
There goes (insert a playmate's name) floatin' down the
Delaware, chewing on his underwear, couldn't 'ford another
pair. Ten days later eaten by polar bear. Poor old
polar bear died.
Submitter comment:
My brothers and sisters and I used to sing this to antagonize
each other.
Sung to the tune "Old Grey Mare."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK
James Callow Keyword(s): Afford ; Eaten
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00001980S
Humorous "Jingle Bells"
Jingle Bells, Batman smells./ Robin laid an egg./ The
batmobile lost its wheel/ And the Joker got away. This song is
sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): Comic book characters
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
Jingle bells, Batman smells,
Robin laid an egg.
The Batmobile lost a wheel
And the Joker got away.
Submitter comment: This is sung to the tune of Jingle Bells.
James Callow comment:
Batman, Robin, and Joker are comic book characters.
They were also on television.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 00001978s
Happy Birthday to you.
You belong in a zoo.
You look like a monkey.
You smell like one too.
Submitter comment: This is sung to the tune of Happy Birthday.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): theriomorphism
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 00-00-1990
FOLK RHYME (PARODY ON MCDONALDS COMMERCIAL)
MCDONALDS IS OUR KIND OF PLACE
THEY TAKE YOUR PARKING PLACE,
THEY SLAP YOU IN THE FACE.
LAST TIME I WENT THERE
THEY FRIED MY UNDERWEAR
MCDONALDS IS OUR KIND OF PLACE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
MARY MARGARET TRUMAN WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE PRESIDENT,
LA-DE-DA
SHE LIVED IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HER UGLY MOTHER BESS.
HER SOCIAL POSITION WAS NOT VERY HIGH
AND SHE WAS A MEMBER OF I PHELTA THIGH!
BACK IN 1952 WHEN HARRY GOT THE SHOE, LA-DE-DA
THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT FOR MARY MARGARET TO DO.
SO SHE WENT TO MISSOURI TO WORK IN A BREWERY
SO DRINK MORE BEER!
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): DRINKING SONG ; PRESIDENT ; RHYME ; Sorority ; TOAST ; Truman
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY
ALL COVER(ED) WITH HAIR.
OF COURSE I'M REFERRING
TO SMOKEY THE BEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 12-01-1973
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