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WHEN YOU'RE MARRIED AND LIVE BY THE SEA,
PUT ON YOUR SPECKS AND THINK OF ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SPECKS=SPECTACLES GLASSES.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00001961-1970
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND CANNOT SEE,
PUT ON YOUR SPECKS AND THINK OF ME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): SPECTACLES GLASSES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 01-04-1934
WHEN YOU GET OLD AND CANNOT SEE
PUT ON YOUR SPECKS AND THINK OF ME.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
James Callow Keyword(s): SPECTACLES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
TO A NICE KID, WHO ISN'T A SMOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG SHMOO JERK DOPE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
YOU HAVE A NOSE LIKE A B-32 (B-52?)
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): BOMBER PLANE USED DURING WORLD WAR II
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
2 SWEET
2 DRINK
4 ROSES
Data entry tech comment:
Updated 11.10.13 by TRD
James Callow comment:
WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM.
4 Roses is a wine/whiskey
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Wordplay, Mathematics, Addition, Slang
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
2 YOUNG
2 DRINK
4 ROSES
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 11.10.13 by TRD
James Callow comment:
WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM
4 Roses is a wine/whiskey
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Wordplay, Pun, Addition, Mathematics
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IN HEAVEN WE DO NOT MEET,
HAND IN HAND WE'LL STAND THE HEAT.
AND IF THAT HEAT GETS EXTREMELY HOT,
PIPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SODA POP HELL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 01-03-1963
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
A BAG OF CANDY AT MY FEET.
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
YOU'LL KNOW I DIED OF A STOMACH ACHE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ON A CHILDREN'S PRAYER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IN HEAVEN WE DON'T MEET,
HAND IN HAND WE'LL STAND THE HEAT.
AND IF THE HEAT GETS TOO HOT,
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): HELL POP SODA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 07-25-1964
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
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 |
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
IF YOU GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE I DO,
BORE A HOLE AND PULL ME THROUGH,
BUT IF YOU DON'T AND IT GET HOT
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): POP SODA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IN HEAVEN WE DO MEET,
HAND AND HAND, WE'LL STAND THE HEAT,
IF IT GETS INTENSELY HOT,
PEPSI COLA WILL HIT THE SPOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SODA POP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN WE ARE GONE, IF WE SHOULD MEET,
HAND IN HAND WE'LL FACE THE HEAT!!
REMEMBER: IF IT SHOULD GET TOO HOT!
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT!!!
Where learned: TEXAS ; SAN ANTONIO
James Callow Keyword(s): SODA POP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
IF IN HEAVEN WE DON'T MEET,
TOGETHER WE WILL STAND THE HEAT,
IF IT GETS EXTREMELY HOT,
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT ; COMMERCIAL ; SODA POP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-03-1959
BLESSED ART THEY WHO SIT ON A TACK,
FOR THEY SHALL RISE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
I HAD A LITTLE MONKEY
I SENT HIM TO THE FARM
ALONG CAME A COPPER
AND SHOT HIM IN THE ARM.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POLICE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST,
IF THE DEVIL DON'T GET YOU, "SING, SING" MUST.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
James Callow Keyword(s): PRISON AT OSSINING, NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001929-1933