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I LIKE YOU MUCH, I LIKE YOU MIGHTY,
I WISH MY PAJAMAS WERE NEXT TO YOUR NIGHTY.
NOW DON'T GET EXCITED, AND LOSE YOUR HEAD,
I MEAN ON THE CLOTHESLINE, AND NOT IN A BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
ASHES TO ASHES, AND DUST TO DUST,
IF HISTORY DOESN'T KILL YOU, GEOGRAPHY MUST!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
THE FIELD IS WIDE AND FULL OF DITCHES,
WHEN I GET OLD I HOPE YOU'LL PATCH MY BRITCHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
WHEN YOU GET OLD, AND THINK YOU'RE SWEET,
TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES, AND SMELL YOUR FEET.
Where learned: MISSOURI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
IF IN HEAVEN WE DO MEET,
HAND IN HAND WE'LL STAND THE HEAT!
IF IT GETS INTENSLEY HOT,
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT!
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRVIEW PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): SODA POP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-20-1961
THERE ARE SMALL SHIPS,
THERE ARE BIG SHIPS,
BUT THE BEST SHIP IS
FRIENDSHIP!
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRVIEW PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-20-1961
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP,
WITH A BAG OF PEANUTS AT MY FEET,
IF I SHOULD DIE "AFORE" I WAKE,
YOU'LL KNOW I DIED OF A TUMMY ACHE!
Where learned: OHIO ; FAIRVIEW PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
WHEN YOU GO TO KISS YOUR HONEY,
AND YOU FIND HER NOSE IS RUNNY,
AND YOU THINK IT'S KIND OF FUNNY,
IT'SNOT!!
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
WHEN YOU GET OLD AND OUT OF SHAPE,
I'LL BUY YOU A GIRDLE FOR TWO-NINETY EIGHT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001950S
I WISH I WAS A BUNNY,
THAT HAD A TAIL OF FLUFF,
I'D SIT UPON YOUR DRESSER,
AND BE YOUR POWDER PUFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
THERE ONCE WAS A HILL AS SLIPPERY AS GLASS,
A LITTLE DONKEY FELL ON HIS ----.
NOW DON'T GET ALARMED AND TURN ALL RED,
THE LITTLE DONKEY FELL ON HIS HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
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DO YOU HAVE BAD DREAMS,
DO YOU WAKE UP AND HEAR YOUR SCREAMS,
THERE IS ONLY ONE SOLUTION
FOR THIS PERSECUTION.
"DON'T LOOK IN THE MIRROR!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001963-1965
THEY WERE SITTING ON THE PORCH,
WITH THEIR LIPS TIGHTLY PRESSED,
HER FATHER GAVE THE SIGNAL, AND,
THE BULLDOGS DID THE REST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001963-1965
WOMEN HAVE MANY FAULTS,
MEN HAVE ONLY TWO;
EVERYTHING THEY SAY, AND
EVERYTHING THEY DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001963-1965
POOR LITTLE FROGIE, AIN'T GOT NO TAIL ALMOST HARDLY,
WHEN HIM WALKS, HIM HOPS,
AND WHEN HIM DON'T HOP, HIM SITS ON HIM'S TAIL,
WHICH HIM AIN'T GOT ALMOST HARDLY.
Submitter comment:
THIS LITTLE RHYME WAS OFTEN WRITTEN IN A YEAR-BOOK
BY MRS. HENKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Entry filtered.
I LOVE BOSCO, BOSCO IS GOOD FOR ME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): BOSCO=CHOCOLATE FLAVORED SYRUP, BRAND NAME.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD WENT TO THE CUPBOARD,
TO GET HER POOR DAUGHTER A DRESS.
BUT WHEN SHE GOT THERE,
THE CUPBOARD WAS BARE,
AND SO WAS THE DAUGHTER, I GUESS!
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
I SEE YOU IN THE OCEAN,
I SEE YOU IN THE SEA,
I SEE YOU IN THE BATHTUB,
OH, EXCUSE ME!
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1958