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ALL THE WAY WITH YAWEH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
IRISH BENEDICTION
MAY GOD SLEEP ON YOUR PILLOW.
MAY HE HOLD YOU IN THE HOLLOW OF HIS HAND.
MAY THE ROAD RISE WITH YOU,
FAIR WEATHER TO YOUR HEELS.
MAY THE WIND BE EVER AT YOUR BACK,
AND MAY YOU BE A LONG TIME IN HEAVEN
BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE GONE. MM
MAY THE ROADS RISE WITH YOU
AND THE WIND BE ALWAYS AT YOUR BACK
AND MAY THE LORD HOLD YOU
IN THE HOLLOW OF HIS HAND.
Where learned: MOTHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
GOOD ST. ANNE, SEND ME A MAN.
Submitter comment: VERSE RECITED BY YOUNG GIRLS IN SEARCH OF A HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
RUB-A-DUB-DUB
THANKS FOR THE GRUB
YEA, GOD!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
GRACE BEFORE MEALS
RUB-A-DUB-DUB,
THANKS FOR THE GRUB.
YEAH GOD!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE,
FORTY CHICKENS HAD A RACE.
ONE FELL DOWN AND SKINNED HIS FACE,
AND ALL THE OTHERS WON THE RACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BEDTIME PRAYER
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP.
I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP.
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-10-1969
WHERE GHOULIES AND GHOSTIES AND
LONG-LEGGED BEASTIES GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT,
GOOD LORD DELIVER US.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
RUB-A-DUB-DUB,
THANKS FOR THE GRUB,
YEA GOD!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 03-02-1968
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I'VE SEEN TONIGHT,
WISH I MAY, WISH I MIGHT
HAVE THE WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME MAY HAVE ITS BASIS IN THE BELIEF THAT THE
STARS HOLD MAN'S DESTINY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MAY GOD ABOVE
SEND DOWN A DOVE
WITH WINGS AS SHARP AS RAZORS,
TO CUT THE THROATS
OF THEM OLD BLOATS,
WHO CUT THE MINER'S WAGES.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
INNY, MINNY, HICKORY DICK,
DIDDLE-DI, DOODLE-DI, DOMONIC,
I-CHY, BY-CHY, DOMONICHY,
TI-TOE- TUM, UGILY, BUGGILY, BIGGILY BOO, POOF!
NOW I PUT A HEX ON YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PRAYER/RHYME
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP, A BAG OF PEANUTS AT MY FEET,
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE, I PRAY I DON'T DIE OF A STOMACHE ACHE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
GRACE BEFORE EATING A MEAL
GOD IS GREAT,
GOD IS GOOD.
LET US THANK HIM
FOR THIS FOOD.
Submitter comment:
OUR FAMILY ALWAYS SAID THIS GRACE BEFORE MEALS. I DON'T
THINK WE USED ANY OTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; SLANT RHYME: GOOD, FOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001960S
MAY YOUR DAY BE BRIGHT
MAY YOUR LIFE BE IN CLOVER
MAY EVERYTHING TURN OUT RIGHT
AND MAY YOUR TOILET NEVER RUN OVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
SILLY PRAYER
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE CHILD OF FIVE YEARS OF AGE, MY OLDER BROTHER
TOLD ME THAT HE HAD A REALLY GOOD PRAYER FOR ME AND IF I SAID
IT EVERY NIGHT SERIOUSLY I WOULD GET TO HEAVEN FOR SURE. I
BELIEVED MY "WISE" OLDER SIBLING AND SAID "NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO
SLEEP WITH MY PEANUTS AT MY FEET IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE
YOU'LL KNOW I DIED OF A BELLY ACHE." EVERY NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
PRAYER
WHEN I LOOK UP TO YONDER SKY
SO PURE, SO BRIGHT, SO VERY HIGH
I THINK OF ONE I CANNOT SEE
BUT ONE WHO SEES AND CARES FOR ME.
HE SEES THAT MY DAILY FOOD IS PROVIDED
AND ALL THAT I CAN WANT BESIDE.
AND WHEN I CLOSE MY SLEEPING EYES
I REST IN PEACE FOR HE IS THINE.
THEN SHALL I ALWAYS EVER LOVE
THIS GRACIOUS GOD WHO REIGNS ABOVE.
FOR VERY GOOD INDEED IS HE
TO LOVE A LITTLE CHILD LIKE ME.
Where learned: BAHAMAS ; NASSAU
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001970S
PRAYER
INFANT JESUS, BLESS ME.
KEEP ME CLOSE TO YOU.
I WANT TO PLEASE YOU, JESUS,
IN EVERYTHING I DO.
BE NEAR ME, LITTLE JESUS,
IN MY WORK AND PLAY.
HELP ME LOVE YOU, JESUS,
MORE AND MORE EACH DAY.
Submitter comment:
HERE IS A PRAYER THAT MY GRANDPA TAUGHT TO MY DAD. WHEN I TURNED
THREE YEARS OLD, MY DAD SAT ME ON HIS LAP AND TAUGHT THIS PRAYER
TO ME. IT HAS BEEN A SPECIAL PRAYER TO MY FAMILY FOR YEARS. IT
HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FIRST PRAYER THAT THE CHILDREN LEARNED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
SUPERSTITION
WHEN MY GRANDPA IS ASKED TO SAY GRACE HE ALWAYS SAYS,
"NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP, A BAG OF PEANUTS AT MY FEET.
IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE, YOU KNOW I'D DIE WITH A BELLYACHE."
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDPA SAID THIS POEM BEFORE MEALS TO BRING MY FAMILY
GOOD LUCK. HE SAYS NOBODY WILL GO HUNGRY IF THEY SAY THIS VERSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
CHILDHOOD BEDTIME PRAYER
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP,
I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP.
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A PRAYER MY FATHER TAUGHT ME, WHICH HE LEARNED FROM
HIS PARENTS. WE FOLLOWED THIS PRAYER WITH A PRAYER TO GOD
TO BLESS OUR FAMILY AND "EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WE L0VE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |