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CHILDREN'S VERSE
I SCREAM,/ YOU SCREAM,/WE ALL SCREAM,/FOR ICE CREAM.
Where learned: REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD
Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION ; PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
NURSERY RHYMES
TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR/ HOW I WONDER WHAT YOU ARE.
UP ABOVE THE WORLD SO HIGH/ LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUR MOTHER.
Where learned: OHIO ; WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE ; RHYME:AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
SCHOOLYARD VERSE
HERE COMES THE BRIDE / ALL DRESSED IN WHITE / STEPPED ON A TURTLE /
AND DOWN FELL HER GIRDLE.
Data entry tech comment: I OFTEN SAID THIS AS A CHILD IN THE BAHAMAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; IMPERFECT RHYME ; PARODY ; RHYME: AABB ; RHYME: ABCC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-16-1968
CHILDREN'S RHYME
I HAD AN AUNT NELLIE / WHO HAD A WOODEN BELLIE / AND WHEN SHE
TOUCHED IT, / OUT POPPED JELLY.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): BELLY ; FEMININE RHYME ; ORTHOGRAPHY PROMPTED BY RHYME ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
RHYME
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES,/ BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME.
Submitter comment: SAID THIS DURING GRADE SCHOOL DAYS.
Where learned: GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; RHYME: AABC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
NURSERY RHYME
ONE FOR THE MONEY / TWO FOR THE SHOW / THREE TO GET READY / AND FOUR
TO GO.
Submitter comment: FROM CHILDHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
BUBBLE GUM VERSE
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM / IN A DISH / HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
POEM
MY TEACHER LOVES ME, SHE THINKS I AM DEAR,
SHE'S KEPT ME FOR THE 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR}
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM FOR FLUNKING ; IRONY ; RHYME: AA ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-16-1965
CHILDREN'S RIME
I SCREAM,
YOU SCREAM,
WE ALL SCREAM
FOR ICE CREAM.
Where learned: TELEPHONE
Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION ; WORD PLAY, PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-13-1967
CHILDREN'S RHYME
OLD DADDY DACON,
BOUGHT A BIT OF BACON,
PUT IT ON A CHIMNEY TOP
FOR FEAR IT WOULD BE TAKEN.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SAYING
ROB HAW THE GLECAE (GLASCOW) GLUTTON/ STOLE LAMB AND A LEG OF MUTTON.
Submitter comment: VOLUNTEERED
Where learned: WORK
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
LYRICAL VERSE- CHILDREN'S RHYME:
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT.
I WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT
HAVE THIS WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL 204
Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; ITERATION ; RHYME: AAAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LYRICAL VERSE- CHILDREN'S RHYME:
SPRING, SPRING, SPRING
THE BIRD IS ON THE WING.
ABSURD, ABSURD, ABSURD
THE WING IS ON THE BIRD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
Keyword(s): ITERATION ; RHYME: AABB ; SATIRE OF IDIOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 03-23-1968
CHILD RHYME
JOHNNY MORGAN PLAYED THE ORGAN,
JIMMY PLAYED THE DRUM,
HIS SISTER PLAYED THE TAMBOURINE
TILL FATHER SMACKED HER BUM.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): FAMILY MEMBER CHAIN ; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ; RHYME: ABCB ; SLANG FOR BUTTOCKS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CHILDREN,S VERSE
SAM, SAM THE DIRTY OLD MAN,
WASHED HIS FACE IN A FRYIN' PAN;
COMBED HIS HAIR WITH A DONKEY'S TAIL,
SCRATCHED HIS BELLY WITH A PIG'S TOE-NAIL.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): COMPARE "OLD DAN TUCKER" ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
"DAVID, BUMBAVID, TILLYAVID
CUM-CAVID,
TEE-LEGGED, TIE-LEGGED,
BOW-LEGGED DAVID.
Submitter comment:
TAKING A CHILD'S NAME AND INSERTING IT
INTO THIS REFRAIN FASCINATES THEM.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION ; NEOLOGISMS ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
CHILDREN,S RHYME
SPRING HAS SPRUNGED,
THE GRASS HAS WHIZZED.
I WONDER WHERE THE BIRDIES IS?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): IMPERFECT RHYME ; RHYME: ABB ; SPRING IS SPRUNG VARIANT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
POEM
TWO LITTLE HANDS, SO SOFT AND WHITE
THIS IS MY LEFT AND THIS IS MY RIGHT
IF IT SHOULD GROW AS BIG AS YOU,
MANY LITTLE THINGS THESE HANDS WILL DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LITTLE GIRL
I KNEW A LITTLE GIRL,/WHO HAD A LITTLE CURL,/RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
HER FOREHEAD./ AND WHEN SHE WAS GOOD/ SHE WAS VERY, VERY GOOD.
AND WHEN SHE WAS BAD SHE WAS HORRID.
Where learned: SARAH FISHER HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS MADE OF?
LITTLE BOYS ARE MADE OF SNAKES AND SNAILS AND PUPPY DOGS TAILS.
LITTLE GIRLS ARE MADE OF SUGAR AND SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD SAYING.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1960