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DON'T KISS BOYS BY THE GARDEN GATE, FOR LOVE IS BLIND BUT
THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T.
Submitter comment: NOT SPACED AS VERSE ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Z210 |
DON'T TRUST BOYS WITH EYES OF BROWN,
THEY'LL KISS YOU ONCE, THEN TURN YOU DOWN.
DON'T TRUST BOYS WITH EYES OF GRAY,
THEY'LL KISS YOU ONCE, THEN TURN AWAY.
DON'T TRUST BOYS WITH EYES OF BLUE,
THEY'LL KISS YOU ONCE AND ASK FOR TWO.
Submitter comment:
UNSIGNED ENTRY? NO NAME GIVEN IN MARY BRANG'S
AUTOGRAPH BOOK?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
I LOVE COFFEE
I LOVE TEA
I LOVE BOYS
AND BOYS LOVE ME.
Submitter comment:
UNSIGNED ENTRY IN MARY BRANG'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK?
NO NAME OF AUTOGRAPHER GIVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001961-1962
ENTRY DATED MARCH 18, 1959 IN KATHLEEN MICHAELS' AUTOGRAPH
BOOK, KEPT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN (IN 1959-1960).
I DOWN I WLVE YOU LOVE
YOU LOVE YOU
UP I ALL AROUND
TO BE READ: I LOVE YOU UP, I LOVE YOU DOWN, I LOVE YOU
ALL AROUND.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Z210 |
Date learned: 03-02-1971
JACK AND JILL
WENT UP THE HILL
TO GETCH A PAIL OF WATER.
JACK FELL DOWN ON TOP OF JILL
AND NOW THEY HAVE A DAUGHTER.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER IN DETROIT (MICHIGAN)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
MAY YOUR JOYS BE AS LONG AS A BUNNY'S EARS,
AND YOUR SORROWS AS SHORT AS HIS TAIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
NO INK
NO PEN
CAN'T WRITE
AMEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001961-1962
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE;
VIRTUE IS A GRACE--
PUT THEM BOTH TOGETHER
AND THEY MAKE YOUR PRETTY FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
PEACHES GROW IN FLORIDA
AND IN CALIFORNIA TOO,
BUT IT TOOK A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Submitter comment:
HERE ANY APPROPRIATE STATE CAN BE SUBSTITUTED FOR
MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001961-1962
POOR MEN AND TRAMPS WHO WALK-- KINGS AND PRINCES WHO RIDE (THREE SKULL AND CROSSBONE SIGNS ON NEXT LINE) IN SKULL AND BONELAND WE'LL SAUNTER--SIDE BY SIDE.
Submitter comment: THIS LAST DATE AND LOCATION WRITTEN ON 5X8 CARD IN BRACKETS.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
REMEMBER A
REMEMBER B
BUT MOST OF ALL
REMEMBER ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001961-1962
REMEMBER GRANT
REMEMBER LEE
THE HECK WITH THEM,
REMEMBER ME.
Submitter comment:
THIS LITTLE VERSE IS ONE IN WHICH INFORMANT SAID SHE USED
A LOT WHILE AUTOGRAPHING YEARBOOKS WHILE STILL IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
THIS RHYME IS TO BE WRITTEN UP-SIDE-DOWN IN THE AUTOGRAPH
BOOK.
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE CITY,
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE TOWN,
REMEMBER THE GIRL THAT SPOILED YOUR BOOK
BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001959-1960
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE CITY,
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE TOWN,
REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO RUINED YOUR BOOK
BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
ROSES ARE RED,
THEIR LEAVES ARE GREEN,
YOUR MOUTH GOES AROUND LIKE A SEWING MACHINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLACK
I WISH YOU HAD
A KNIFE IN YOUR BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SICK HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001961-1962
DEAR CHRIS,
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
ONIONS SMELL
AND SO DO YOU.
YOUR FRIEND, GERALDINE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
SUGAR IS SWEET
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001961-1962
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE PURPLE
SUGAR IS SWEET
SO'S MAPLE SYRPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001961-1962
TWO ON A HAMMOCK
READY TO KISS
WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
IT WENT LIKE THIS.
Submitter comment: THE WORD "THIS" IN THE LAST LINE IS UP-SIDE-DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001961-1962