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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
WENT TO THE CUPBOARD
TO GET HER POOR DAUGHTER A DRESS,
BUT WHEN SHE GOT THERE
THE CUPBOARD WAS BARE,
AND SO WAS HER DAUGHTER, I GUESS.
Data entry tech comment: PARODY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COUPLET ; NURSERY RHYME PARODY ; OBSCENE ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001960S LATE
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AT 68
DON'T LEAVE YOUR ONLY PLAYMATE.
Submitter comment: FROM JUDY OSGOOD IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Data entry tech comment: THE TITLE "FLY LEAF VERSE" WAS WRITTEN, BUT CROSSED OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; RHYMING COUPLET
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANT RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
WHEN YOU ARE BATHING IN A TUB
THINK OF ME BETWEEN EACH RUB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOROUS REQU&ST ; RHYMING COUPLET
James Callow Keyword(s): BATHTUB VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-15-1926
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
AS SURE AS THE VINE GROWS 'ROUND THE STUMP
YOU'LL BE MY SUGAR LUMP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LOVE ; PROMISE ; RHYMING COUPLET
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
DON'T GO TO LONDON, DON'T GO TO FRANCE
STAY HERE IN MISSOURI AND GIVE THE BOYS A CHANCE.
Where learned: MISSOURI, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COUNTRY ; HUMOROUR ADVICE ; RHYMING COUPLET
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
AUTOGRAPH BOOK
IF ON THIS PAGE YOU CHANCE TO LOOK
JUST THINK OF THE WRITER AND SHUT THE BOOK.
Where learned: NONE GIVEN
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; COUPLET ; FRIENDSHIP ; HUMOR ; METER: IAMBS ; REMEMBRANCE ; RHYME: AA ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
IF YOU SEE A MONKEY UP IN A TREE,
PULL HIS TAIL AND THINK OF ME.
Submitter comment: FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): COUPLET ; HUMOR ; REMEMBRANCE ; SURPRISE ENDING
James Callow Keyword(s): METER: IAMBS ; RHYME: AA ; RHYME: INTERNAL ; SELF-CRITICISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00-00-1938
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME
BURN YOUR TONGUE AND THINK OF ME.
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND DRINKING TEA,
Submitter comment: RHYME FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933.
Keyword(s): COUPLET ; RESENTMENT ; SURPRISE ENDING
James Callow Keyword(s): COMMAND ; REMEMBRANCE ; RHYME: AA ; WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
IF YOU EVER PASS A CHESTNUT TREE
LOOK AT A NUT AND THINK OF ME}
IF YOU EVER PASS A CHESTNUT TREE
Submitter comment: BOOK NOT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN (1959-1960)
Where learned: NONE GIVEN
Keyword(s): COUPLET ; HUMOR ; INDIRECTION ; METER: TROCHEES ; NUT ; REMEMBRANCE ; RETORT ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |