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TAUNT AT TEAM GAMES
OE-SA-SA-SA,
OE-SA-SA-SA,
HIT 'EM IN THE HEAD
WITH A BIG KIELBASA!
Data entry tech comment:
KIELBASA=POLISH SAUSAGE
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHANT ; CHEER ; Kielbasa ; SPORTS
James Callow Keyword(s): CHEER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse in Other Group of Folklore C800.500 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LIVE TILL I DIE
I'LL EAT WHEN I'M HUNGRY AND DRINK WHEN I'M DRY,
IF A TREE DON'T FALL ON ME, I'LL LIVE TILL I DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SONG?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse in Other Group of Folklore C800.500 |
LE PETIT POUCET
LE PETIT POUCET UN JOUR
AU BOIS VOULET FAIRE UN TOUR
IL ECOUTAIT LES VISEAUX
CHANTER AU GORD DU RUISSEAU IL FAISAIT AVEC DES FLEURS
UN BOUQUET DE TROIS COULEURS
QUANT LE JOUR ALLAIT FINIR
IL NE SAVAIT PLUS OU REVENIR
UN GRAND LOUP LE LENDEMAIN
VOULUT LUI MONTRER LE CHEMIN
NON, NON, MONSIEUR, MAMAN HA DIT
NE SOYEZ PAS UN ETOURDIT A LECOLE ON NOUS APPREND
QUE LE LOUP EST IGNORANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
James Callow Keyword(s): FRENCH?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.360 |
NUMBER RHYME TAUNT
IT WAS A TRADITION AT ALL CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH
SCHOOL'S ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES TO SAY:
AND THE SCORE GOES UP ANOTHER NOTCH C. C.,
ANOTHER NOTCH, C. C.
AFTER ALL POINTS SCORED FOR OUR TEAMS.
THIS INDICATED TO THE OPPOSITION THAT WE
WERE SCORING WHILE THEY WEREN'T AT THAT TIME.
James Callow comment: WHO SAID IT? COLLECTOR SAYS: AUDIENCE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGH SCHOOL ; DETROIT ; CATHOLIC CENTRAL
James Callow Keyword(s): CHEER
RIDDLE
IT'S NOT ON LAND,
IT'S NOT ON SEA,
I'LL BET MY OLD HAT
IT'S (A) NOT (KNOT) ON A TREE.
WHAT IS IT?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUSH ON THE THROTTLE,
DON'T PULL (DRINK) ON THE BOTTLE.
Submitter comment: A WARNING!
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE CAR ; DRINKING DRUNKENNESS
Date learned: 11-00-1971
BEANS, BEANS, THE TROPICAL FRUIT.
THE MORE YOU EAT THE MORE YOU TOOT.
THE MORE YOU TOOT THE BETTER YOU FEEL,
SO EAT MORE BEANS AT EVERY MEAL.
Submitter comment:
SAID AROUND THE CAMPFIRE. IT WAS ALWAYS SAID IN THE
TENT IF ANYONE "TOOTED" THAT THEY HAD BEANS FOR SUPPER.
Where learned: CAMP
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FLATULENCE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse SPEECH -- Formula |
MARIJUANA, MARIJUANA, LSD, LSD
SCIENTISTS ARE MAKING IT.
TEACHERS ARE TAKING IT.
WHY CAN'T WE?
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON VERSE USED BY
THE STUDENTS OF THE HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LIVONIA,
MICHIGAN DURING THE 1969-1970 SCHOOL YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
Keyword(s): DRUGS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
APPLE, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE, WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER "I".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): HIDE-AND-SEEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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MISS SUSIE
MISS SUSIE HAD A BABY,
SHE NAMED HIM TINY TIM,
SHE PUT HIM IN THE BATHTUB,
TO SEE IF HE COULD SWIM.
HE DRANK UP ALL THE WATER,
HE ATE UP ALL THE SOAP,
HE TRIED TO EAT THE BATHTUB,
BUT IT WOULDN'T GO DOWN HIS THROAT.
MISS SUSIE CALLED THE DOCTOR,
THE DOCTOR CALLED THE NURSE,
THE NURSE CALLED THE LADY,
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
IN WALKED THE DOCTOR,
IN WALKED THE NURSE,
IN WALKED HE LADY,
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
MUMPS SAID THE DOCTOR,
MUMPS SAID THE NURSE,
MUMPS SAID THE LADY,
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE. MM[
OUT WALKED THE DOCTOR,
OUT WALKED THE NURSE,
OUT WALKED THE LADY,
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
Submitter comment: ACCOMPANIED BY HAND-CLAPPING SAYS THE COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): HAVE ALSO HEARD THIS AS A JUMP-ROPE RHYME.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A COUNTING SONG PERFORMED BY A GROUP OF PERSONS
WHO HAVE EXTENDED THEIR HANDS SHAPED INTO FISTS TO A PERSON
WHO COUNTS AS HE SAYS THE RHYME. THE PERSON WHOSE FIST IS
TOUCHED ON THE WORD EIGHT MUST PUT THAT FIST BEHIND HIS
BACK AS THE PROCESS OF COUNTING CONTINUES. THIS IS A
GAME USED AS A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION TO SEE WHO IS
"IT" FOR A GAME OF TAG.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): ON THE COUNT OF EIGHT,--ON THE WORD "MORE"--PUT YOUR FIST BEHIND YOUR BACK.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
FONTANELLA, FONTANELLA,
A QUA CI BEVE LA PECORELLA
LA PECORELLA DI SAN GIOCCHINO
VA CANTANTO LA LITANIA
DEL VIVO E DEL MORTO
PER NOI PATRE NOSTRO
PER LA MORTE E PER LA VITA
PER NOI SAN ANTONINO
LITTLE FOUNTAIN, LITTLE FOUNTAIN
HERE THE LITTLE SHEEPS COMES TO DRINK
THE LITTLE LAMB OF SAN JACOM
GOES SINGING THE LITANY
OF THE LIVING AND OF THE DEAD
FOR US AN HOUR FATHER (OUR FATHER?)
FOR THE DEAD AND FOR THE LIVING
FOR US SAN ANTONINO.
Submitter comment:
A CIRCLING MOTION IS MADE WITH THE INDEX FINGER IN THE PALM
OF THE BABY'S HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SAN JACOB?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
CHARLIE OVER THE WATER,
CHARLIE OVER THE SEA,
CHARLIE CAUGHT A BLACKBIRD,
BUT HE CANNOT CATCH ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TAG GAME.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
TWO IN A HAMMOCK,
READY TO KISS,
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THEY WENT LIKE THIS. (THE WORD "THIS" IS WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN.)
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSES COLLECTED IN 1941
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
YOUR'S 'TILL THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS,
AND SEAS THE SALAD DRESSING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSES COLLECTED IN 1941.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; EUPHEMISM: HEAT FOR HELL ; PUNS ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
TRUE FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS,
PRECIOUS AND RARE.
FALSE ONES ARE LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES,
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): SIMILES RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
WHEN YOUR HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER,
AND LIFE'S PATH NO MORE YOU TROD.
MAY YOUR NAME IN GOLD BE WRITTEN,
IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): DEATH SALVATION NAME MAGIC RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
TULIPS IN THE PARK,
BUT THE TULIPS YOU LIKE THE BEST,
ARE THE TWO LIPS IN THE DARK,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; PUN: TULIPS AND TWO LIPS ; RHYME: ABCB ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-17-1972