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MY BOYFRIEND
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME PEACHES,
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME PEARS,
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME FIFTY CENTS,
AND KICKED ME DOWN THE STAIRS.
I GAVE HIM BACK HIS PEACHES,
I GAVE HIM BACK HIS PEARS,
I GAVE HIM BACK HIS FIFTY CENTS,
AND KICKED HIM DOWN THE STAIRS.
MY MOTHER NEEDED PEACHES,
MY MOTHER NEEDED PEARS,
MY MOTHER NEEDED FIFTY CENTS,
AND KICKED ME DOWN THE STAIRS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN DETROIT CHILDHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BODILY ACTIVITY ; INCREMENTAL REPTITION ; INITIAL ITERATION ; REFRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
CHILDHOOD RHYME
HERE COMES THE BRIDE,
ALL DRESSED IN WHITE.
SHE STEPPED ON A TURTLE,
AND DOWN CAME HER GIRDLE.
Submitter comment: TOLD AT INFORMANT,S HOME 885 COVINGTON DR., DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; HUMOR MOCKERY ; IMPERFECT RHYME ; PARODY ; RHYME: ABCC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
CHILDREN,S VERSE
COWARDY, COWARDY CUSTARD,
FELL IN HIS MOTHER,S MUSTARD;
THE MUSTARD WAS HOT,
HE SWALLOWED THE LOT,
COWARDY, COWARDY CUSTARD.
Data entry tech comment: SIC: COWARDY
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ENVELOPE STRUCTURE ; FEMININE RHYME ; REFRAIN ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
VERSE
LITTLE JOHNNY TOOK A DRINK,
BUT HE SHALL DRINK NO MORE,
FOR WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS H2O
WAS H2SO4.
Submitter comment: TOLD AT INFORMANT,S HOME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): CHEMICAL TERMS ; DIGITAL HUMOR ; EUPHEMISM ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
BOSCO
I HATE BOSCO
BOSCO,S BAD FOR ME.
MY MOMMY PUTS IT IN MY MILK
AND TRIES TO POISON ME.
BUT I FOOLED MOMMY
I PUT IT IN HER TEA.
NOW I DON,T HAVE NO MOMMY
TO TRY TO POISON ME.
Submitter comment: TOLD IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
A CUSTOMER DINING ON STEW
TOOK A BITE AND BEGAN TO TURN BLUE,
SAID A WAITRESS, NEARBY
AS SHE SWIPED AT A FLY:
"HE BIT OFF MORE THAN HE COULD CHEW"
Submitter comment:
WHILE A CUB SCOUT DEN MOTHER IN THE EARLY 1950,S, ONE OF HER SCOUTS
RECITED THIS PROJECT. TO THIS DAY SHE REMEMBERS IT IN HER HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LIMERICK ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-14-1971
VERSE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
GENE, GENE MADE A MACHINE
JOE, JOE MADE IT GO
ART, ART LET A FART
BLEW THE ENGINE ALL APART.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHAIN ; INTERNAL RHYME ; ITERATION ; PERSONAL NAMES ; RHYME:ABCC ; SCATOLOGICAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-29-1969
WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN
YOU WILL LIKELY VIEW
MANY FOLKS WHOSE PRESENCE THERE
WILL BE A SHOCK TO YOU.
BUT, KEEP VERY QUIET,
DO NOT EVEN STARE.
DOUBTLESS THERE'LL BE MANY FOLKS
SURPRISED TO SEE YOU THERE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE HEARD THIS AT AN EASTERN STAR CONVENTION IN
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AROUND 1959. SHE CONSIDERED IT SO CLEVER THAT SHE
MEMORIZED IT.
Data entry tech comment: KEYPUNCHER HAS DIVIDED THIS POEM INTO STANZAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 10-27-1971 ; 02-20-1970
A VERSE
SALMONE WAS A DANCER.
SHE DANCED BEFORE THE KING.
AND WHEN SHE DANCED SHE WIGGLED
EVERY LITTLE THING.
THE KING SAID, "HEY, STOP THAT
"YOU CAN,T DO THAT IN HERE"
SALOME SAID, "BALONEY"
AND KICKED THE CHANDELIER.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD TRADITIONAL GRADE SCHOOL VERSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIBLICAL HUMOR ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE RIVER
DOWN BY THE SEA
JOHNNY BROKE A MILK BOTTLE
BLAMED IT ON ME.
I TOLD MA
MA TOLD PA
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN,
SO HA, HA, HA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): INITAL ITERATION ; JUMP ROPE RHYME ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
JACK-BE-NIMBLE
JACK BE NIMBLE
JACK BE QUICK
JACK JUMPED OVER THE CANDLE STICK
AND BURNED ALL THE HAIR ON HIS LEGS.
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; PARODY ; RHYME: ABBC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
RHYME OF MOCKERY
SUSIE AND JOHNNY SITTING IN A TREE, MM
K-I-S-S-I-N-G. MM
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE,/
THEN COMES JOHNNY WITH THE BABY CARRIAGE.
Submitter comment: ALWAYS SUNG AS A TYPE OF MOCKERY AND KIDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIRE SHORES, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; KISSING ; NUTSHELL NARRATIVE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
A FLEA AND A FLY IN A FLUE
A FLEA AND A FLY IN A FLUE,/WERE IMPRISONED, SO WHAT COULD THEY DO?
SAID THE FLY ,LET US FLEE/ SAID THE FLEA, LET US FLY/
SO THEY FLEW THROUGH A FLAW IN THE FLUE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
CHILDREN'S RHYME
OOOY GOOY WAS A WORM/ A NOBLE WORM WAS HE=
HE CRAWLED UPON THE RAILROAD TRACKS/ THE TRAIN HE DID NOT SEE,/
OOOY GOOY}
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; MOCK EPIC ; RHYME:ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
POEM
LITTLE MARY DRANK SOME WATER/
NOW SHE IS NO MORE./FOR WHAT SHE TOOK FOR H2O WAS H2SO4
Submitter comment:
SHE GAVE ME THIS LITTLE DITTY, QUITE A POPULAR WAY TO
REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; FUNCTION ; WATER AND SULPHURIC ACID
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
TWO DEAD BOYS
ONE AFTERNOON, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
TWO DEAD BOYS STARTED TO FIGHT.
A DEAF POLICEMAN HEARD THE NOISE;
AND BEAT THE LIFE OUT OF THE TWO DEAD BOYS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated / 02-24-2011 / TRD
Keyword(s): Abuse ; Afternoon ; Boys ; Dead ; DEAF ; DEATH ; FIGHT ; LIFE ; Night ; Opposite ; PARADOX ; POLICE ; RHYME ; RHYME ; Story ; Tale
James Callow Keyword(s): TANGLETALK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
VERSE
I ASKED MY MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS,/
TO SEE THE ELEPHANT JUMP THE FENCE,/ HE JUMPED SO HIGH, HE
TOUCHED THE SKY,/ AND DIDN'T COME BACK 'TILL THE 4TH OF JULY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Highland
Keyword(s): HYPERBOLE ; MARVELS ; RHYME:AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
LIMERICK
THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL NAMED MABEL,/ WHO USED TO DANCE ON THE TABLE.
SHE BLUSHED VERY RED,/ WHEN A GENTLEMAN SAID,/
AH, LOOK AT THE LEGS ON THE TABLE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOESN,T REMEMBER WHERE SHE GOT IT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY INFORMANT
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00001967 WINTER
VERSE
I'LL TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT JACK ONORY,
AND NOW MY STORY'S BEGUN.
I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER, ABOUT HIS BROTHER,
AND NOW MY STORY'S DONE.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME WITHOUT THE AID OF A BOOK QUITE OFTEN AT BEDTIME,
AFTER MY ATTEMPTS TO STAY UP LONGER STARTED TO ANNOY MY FATHER.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; INTERNAL RHYME ; NUTSHELL NARRATIVE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
LOVE MAKING
IT WAS MIDNIGHT ON THE BACK PORCH
TWO LIPS WERE TIGHTLY PRESSED
THE OLD_MAN GAVE THE SIGNAL
THE BULL DOG DID THE REST.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; KISSING ; RHYME: ABCB ; SLANG FOR FATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 09-12-1965