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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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(JOHN) WAS HERE AND IS NOW GONE
BUT LEAVES HIS NAME TO CARRY ON.
Where learned: SCRIBBLED ON A FENCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
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GRAFFITO
"JESUS SAVES!" WRITTEN UNDERNEATH IN ANOTHER COLOR INK, "AT FIRST
NATIONAL BANK."
Submitter comment: FOUND ON WALL IN COBO HALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: CA00001972
GRAFFITO
"JESUS SAVES!" WRITTEN UNDERNEATH IN ANOTHER COLOR INK,"AND HOWE
SCORES ON THE REBOUND."
Submitter comment:
FOUND ON A WALL IN COBO HALL. "HOWE" REFERS TO GORDIE HOWE THE
HOCKEY PLAYER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: CA00001972
GRAFFITI
LIFE ISN'T WHAT YOU THINK IT IS, THINK OF IT AS YOU WANT IT TO BE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 01-10-1973
GRAFFITI
PEACE IS THE WAY OF LIFE, LOVE IS THE WAY TO ENJOY IT, WORK FOR
PEACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 01-10-1973
GRAFFITI
GOD IS GOD TRY JESUS'S WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 01-10-1973
BATHROOM WALL WRITING
SOME COME HERE TO SIT AND THINK, .
OTHERS COME TO RAISE A STINK.
Submitter comment:
EVEN WITH HER VAST KNOWLEDGE OF GRAFFITI, THE INFORMANT
WAS NOT OVER-ANXIOUS TO GIVE ME THESE ITEMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
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GRAFFITI
LEON TROTSKY IS ALIVE AND LIVING IN HAMTRAMYCK.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT DID NOT KNOW WHO LEON TROTSKY WAS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
VERSE
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THE NIGHT WAS DARK, THE SKY WAS BLUE, AROUND THE CORNER A WAGON FLEW.
A SHOT WAS FIRED, A SCREAM WAS HEARD, AND A MAN WAS HIT BY A FLYING TURD.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE IS CURRENTLY GOING AROUND CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AABB ; SCATALOGICAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 09-20-72
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GRAFFITI
FLUSH TWICE, IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE MESS HALL.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR ; WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF QUALITY OF FOOD IN THE INSTITUTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 09-24-1972
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GRAFFITI
JESUS SAVES...S & H GREEN STAMPS.
Submitter comment:
I READ THIS AT THE MEN'S JOHN OF AN ICE CREAM PARLOUR IN GREENWICH VILLAGE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; GREENWICH VILLAGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 08-00-1969
FLUNK NOW, AVOID THE RUSH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 10-16-1972
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GRAFFITI
I WISH I WAS
WHAT I WAS
WHEN I WISHED I WAS
WHAT I AM NOW.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: CA00001967
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