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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE 25
DON'T CALL IT A FAMILY, CALL IT A TRIBE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A TREE,
SEND ME A COCONUT C.O.D.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
SIR, I ADMIT YOUR GENERAL RULE,
THAT EVERY POEL IS A FOOL.
BUT YOU YOURSELF MAY SERVE TO SHOW IT
THAT EVERY FOOL IS NOT A POET.
Submitter comment: WRITTEN IN MRS. MILLER'S RECIPE BOOK
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
WHEN I WAS SINGLE,
MY POCKETS USED TO JINGLE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND YOUR HUSBAND GETS CROSS
PICK UP A ROLLING PIN
AND SHOW HIM WHO'S BOSS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
WHOEVER STEALS THIS BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE,
WILL GRADUATE FROM SING SING COLLEGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PRISON IN OSSINING, NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
WILLY WITH A THIRST FOR GORE,
NAILED THE BABY TO THE DOOR.....
Submitter comment: CAN'T REMEMBER THE REST
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FLY LEAF VERSE
STEAL NOT THIS BOOK FOR FEAR OR SHAME,
CAUSE YOU KNOW CYNTHIA COLEMAN IS NOT YOUR NAME,
CAUSE WHEN YOU DIE GOD WILL SAY
WHERE IS THAT BOOK YOU STOLE THAT DAY/
AND WHEN YOU REPLY, "I DO NOT KNOW,"
GOD WILL SAY, "TO HELL YOU GO".
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: CA11001973
FLYLEAF VERSE
I PITY THE RIVER, I PITY THE BROOK, I PITY THE CROOK
WHO STEALS MY BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
MAN
ASHES TO ASHES
DUST TO DUST
IF IT WASN'T FOR BOYS
GIRLS LIPS WOULD RUST.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
VERSE IN TEXTBOOK
IF YOU STEAL THIS BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE,
FOXHOLE PRISON WILL BE YOUR COLLEGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 02-04-1972
MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION,
DIVISION IS AS BAD,
THE RULE OF THREE DOTH PUZZLE ME,
AND PRACTICE DRIVES ME MAD.
Submitter comment:
WRITTEN IN HER MOTHER'S ARITHMETIC BOOK FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO
DATED 1957.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DIALOGUE ; HUMOR ; MATHEMATICS ; QUATRAIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
FLYLEAF VERSE
HAIL, HAIL, BYRON'S IN JAIL.
TAFT IS ELECTED JUST AS WE EXPECTED.
Submitter comment:
THE ABOVE WAS FOUND IN MR. FINK'S "POWERS GRADED SPELLER"
COPYRIGHTED IN 1905, IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING ON THE BACK
COVER OF THE TEXT.
Data entry tech comment:
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHANT ; ELECTIONS ; INSULT ; POLITICIANS ; PRESIDENTS ; RIDICULE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
DEAD LANGUAGE
LATIN WAS A LANGUAGE
AT LEAST IT USED TO BE,
IT KILLED ALL OF THE ROMANS,
AND NOW IT'S KILLING ME.
Submitter comment: FOUND IN AN OLD LATIN TEXT BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BOOK VERSE
STEAL NOT THIS BOOK FOR FEAR OF SHAME,
FOR IN THIS BOOK IS THE OWNER'S NAME,
AND WHEN YOU DIE THE LORD WILL SAY,
WHERE IS THAT BOOK YOU STOLE AWAY,
AND WHEN YOU SAY I CANNOT TELL
THE LORD WILL SAY DEPART TO 7734 (HELL).
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
PRINCESS SUMMER FALL
WINTER SPRING.
Submitter comment:
SAYING MADE BY AN INDIAN CHIEF UP
IN IPPERWASH CANADA
Where learned: CANADA ; IPPERWASH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
Flyleaf Prose
To steal this book would be a shame
Because Name is not your name.
And when you die the Lord will say,
"Where is that book you stoled that day?"
And when you say "I do not know,"
The Lord will say, "Go down below."
Prisoner -- Name
Prison -- Name of school
Cell -- Room Number
Floor -- Of room
Warden -- Teacher
Term -- How many years, left
Charge -- Education
Submitter comment:
This was written inside the autograph book while I attended grade school. Everyone did it. Highland Park in 1961.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Flyleaf Verse
The autographs that here appear
I will cherish for many a year.
Submitter comment:
Written inside the autograph book I have. It was written in 1961 while I attended grade school.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |