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TOBACCO IS FILTHY WEED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ADVICE OBSERVATION ; HUMOR METAPHOR OVERSTATEMENT ; KLOC, CHESTERINE ; QUATRAIN CHAIN ELLIPSIS ; RHYME: DOUBLE AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.327 |
SPARKLE, STARKLE, LITTLE TWINK,
WHO THE TELL YOU ARE I HINK.
I'M NOT IMBRICATED,
I'M NOT AS DRUNK AS SOME TINKLE PEEP I AM.
I'VE ONLY HAD TEA MARTOONIES,
ANYWAY I'VE ALL DAY SOBER TO SUNDAY UP IN.
I FOOL SO FEELISH, I DON'T KNOW WHO IS ME YET,
BUT THE DRUNKER I STAND HERE,
THE LONGER I GET.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): CONTRADICTIONS MONOLOGUE HUMOR ; EUPHEMISM PARODY DRINKING ; NONSENSE WORDS METER TROCHEE ; TANGLETALK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1948
JOHN JACOB JINGLE-HIMER SMITH (SCHMIDT)
THAT'S MY NAME, TOO,
WHENEVER I GO OUT, THE PEOPLE ALWAYS SHOUT,
"JOHN JACOB JINGLE-HIMER SMITH."
HURRAH HURRAH HURRAH FOR... (REPEAT)
Submitter comment:
SHE NOTED IN THE WRITTEN COPY THAT SHE GAVE ME THAT THE
"I" IN "HIMER" WAS PRONOUNCED WITH A LONG SOUND AS IN
"HIGH."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOROUS NAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK ENTRY
NO PAPER
NO PEN
'NOUGH SAID
AMEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; RHYME ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION
BEWARE OF BOYS WITH EYES OF GREY,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND TURN AWAY.
BEWARE OF BOYS WITH EYES OF BROWN,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND TURN YOU DOWN.
BUT LOVE THE BOYS WITH EYES OF BLUE,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND ASK FOR TWO.
Submitter comment:
UNDATED ENTRY IN KATHY CRACCHIOLO'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT IN
ST. CLAIR SHORES, MICHIGAN IN 1968.
James Callow comment:
; OBSERVATION ;
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; KISSING ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME AA BB ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
AUTOGRAPH
IF YOUR HUSBAND IS THIRSTY
AND HE WANTS A DRINK,
TAKE HIM TO THE KITCHEN
AND SHOW HIM TO THE SINK)
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COMMAND ; DRINK ; HUMOR ; MARRAIGE ; RHYME ABCB ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
AUTOGRAPH
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
ORCHIDS ARE $6.50
WILL DANDELIONS DO?
Data entry tech comment: QUESTION MARK ADDED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; HUMOR ; NONSENSE ; PARODY ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN YOU ARE OLD
AND OUT OF SHAPE
REMEMBER GIRDLES
ARE $2.98
Submitter comment:
ENTERED INTO DIANE BRUKWINSKI'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT IN
DETROIT MICHIGAN IN 1969.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; HUMOR ; NONSENSE ; RHYME ABCB ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLACK
I WISH YOU HAD
A KNIFE IN YOUR BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SICK HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001961-1962
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET AND SO ARE YOU.
THE ROSES ARE WILTED, THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
THE SUGAR IS LUMPY, AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SOMEONE ACTUALLY HAD THE GALL
TO WRITE THIS IN HER BOOK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
ROUND OF APPLAUSE
SOMEONE IN THE GROUP YELLS OUT, "A ROUND OF APPLAUSE" AND THE PEOPLE
DO THIS BY CLAPPING THEIR HANDS WHILE MOVING THEIR ARMS IN A BIG
CIRCLE.
Submitter comment:
I WATCHED THIS CHEER BEING DONE AT A CAMPFIRE. AFTER A SONG WAS SUNG,
EVERYONE WOULD DO A CHEER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GATLINBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; METAPHOR INTERPRETED LITERALLY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 08-00-1974
KETCHUP CHEER
SOMEONE IN THE GROUP YELLS OUT, "THE KETCHUP CHEER" AND
THE RIGHT HAND IS CLOSED, LIKE A FIST, AND THE LEFT HAND HITS THE
RIGHT, AS IF HITTING A BOTTLE OF KETCHUP.
Submitter comment:
I WATCHED THIS CHEER BEING DONE AT A CAMPFIRE. AFTER A SONG WAS SUNG,
EVERYONE WOULD DO A CHEER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GATLINBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 08-00-1974
A BIG HAND
SOMEONE IN THE GROUP YELLS OUT, "A BIG HAND" AND
EVERYONE HOLDS UP AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND.
Submitter comment:
I WATCHED THIS CHEER BEING DONE AT A CAMPFIRE. AFTER A SONG WAS SUNG,
EVERYONE WOULD DO A CHEER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GATLINBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; METAPHOR INTERPRETED LITERALLY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 08-00-1974
KNOCK, KNOCK. WHO'S THERE? JOKE
KNOCK, KNOCK. WHO'S THERE? BANANA. BANANA WHO? KNOCK, KNOCK. WHO'S
THERE? BANANA. BANANA WHO? KNOCK, KNOCK. WHO'S THERE? BANANA.
BANANA WHO? KNOCK, KNOCK. WHO'S THERE? BANANA. BANANA WHO? KNOCK,
KNOCK. WHO'S THERE? ORANGE. ORANGE WHO? ORANGE WHO GLAD I DID NOT
SAY BANANA?
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: CA00001968
NARRATIVE SONG
OH DEAR MOTHER, PIN A ROSE ON ME.
THREE OLD MEN ARE AFTER ME.
TWO ARE BLIND AND THE OTHER CAN'T SEE.
OH DEAR MOTHER, PIN A ROSE ON ME.
(THIS IS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF PETER, PETER PUMPKINEATER.)
Submitter comment:
WHEN MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND I WERE YOUNGER MY GREAT AUNTS USED
TO THROW BIG PARTIES. THIS WAS OUR FAVORITE SONG THAT WE ALWAYS
SANG AT EVERY ONE OF THOSE PARTIES. IT DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER TO US
THAT DISTINCTIONS WERE MADE BETWEEN THE TWO MEN WHO WERE BLIND AND
THE OTHER ONE THAT COULDN'T SEE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad, Song, Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001960S
MAKING HOLY WATER
QUESTION; HOW DO YOU MAKE HOLY WATER? ANSWER; YOU BOIL THE HELL
OUT OF IT.
Submitter comment:
WITH THIS ITEM SHE STARTED LAUGHING BEFORE SHE EVEN SAID ONE WORD.
I NOTICED THAT AS SHE SETTLED DOWN TO SAY THE JOKE SHE TRIED TO
CARRY A STRAIGHT FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
PROVERB
A MERRY HEART DOETH GOOD LIKE MEDICINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): GOOD HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
TOASTS
TOAST TO A PERSON ON A REDUCING DIET. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE
OF YOU, BUT I HOPE TO SEE LESS OF YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
QUESTION. HOW DO YOU PUT FOUR ELEPHANTS IN A VOLKSWAGON?
ANSWER. TWO IN THE FRONT AND TWO IN THE BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; SIZE HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-17-1972