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SIGNATURES
MM[ YOURS TILL THE EAR DRUMS
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PLEDGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
SIGNATURE
MM[ YOURS, FOREVER AND EVER AND EVEN THEN
Submitter comment: CANNOT REMEMBER SOURCE
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PLEDGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
AUTOGRAPH
MM[ BY HOOK OR CROOK
I'LL BE THE LAST IN THIS BOOK
Submitter comment: ENTERED ON LAST PAGE OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Data entry tech comment: CREDITED TO AUTOGRAPH BOOK ENTRY, JUNE 1961
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 06-00-1961
AUTOGRAPH
MM[ APPLES ON THE TABLE,
PEACHES ON THE SHELF.
YOU CAN'T MAKE A GOOD FRIEND
UNTIL YOU ARE ONE YOURSELF
Where learned: ALABAMA
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
VERSE
MM[ CANDY IS DANDY,
BUT LIQUOR IS QUICKER.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1938
Data entry tech comment: DIVIDED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
Date learned: 10-06-1970
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
MM[ YOU ASK ME TO WRITE IN YOUR AUTOGRAPH BOOK
PRAY TELL ME HOW TO BEGIN
THERE IS NOTHING ORIGINAL ABOUT ME
EXCEPT MY ORIGINAL SIN
Submitter comment: 1939, BIRCH TREE, MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
I WISH YOU LUCK,
I WISH YOU JOY,
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY.
WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL,
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL
WHEN HER HAIR IS UP IN PINS
I WISH YOU THEN A PAIR OF TWINS.
Submitter comment:
THE FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK,
1929 - 1933.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): BIRTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
FRIENDS
TRUE FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS,
PRECIOUS, BUT RARE.
FALSE FRIENDS ARE LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES,
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Submitter comment:
FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'T JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK,
1929 - 1933.
Data entry tech comment: ADDED TITLE TO VERSE
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS SINKING,
AND YOUR FEET NO LONGER TROD,
MAY YOUR NAME IN GOLD BE WRITTEN
IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF GOD.
Submitter comment:
FOLLOWING FROM INFORMANT'T JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOD
1929 - 1933
Data entry tech comment: ADDED COMMAS
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Pious reflection |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
HOPE IS A VIRTUE LOVING AND TRUE,
BUT BEAUTY IS THE GIFT GOD GAVE YOU
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF COLETTE BY A SCHOOLMATE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
YOUR NAME FOREVER
HERE IS ONE LEAF RESERVED FOR ME,
FROM ALL THY SWEET MEMORIALS FREE,
AND HERE MY SIMPLE SONG MIGHT TELL
THE FEELINGS THOU MUST GUESS SO WELL
BUT COULD I THUS WITHIN MY MIND,
ONE LITTLE CORNER FIND,
WHERE NO IMPRESSION YET IS SEEN
WHERE NO MEMORIAL YET HAS BEEN
OH, IT SHOULD BE MY SWEETEST CARE
TO WRITE YOUR NAME FOREVER THERE.
Submitter comment: FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF THE LATE CLARA MATHES, ENTRIES 1880
Data entry tech comment: ADDED COMMAS WHERE NEEDED AS WELL AS TITLE FOR VERSE.
Keyword(s): RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
G.I. SHOES,
G.I. HAT,
G.I. THIS AND
G.I. THAT.
G.I. LIKE YOU
G.I. DO.
G.I. HOPE YOU LIKE ME, TOO.
Submitter comment: AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1963
Data entry tech comment: ADDED COMMAS WHERE NEEDED
Where learned: TEXAS ; SAN ANTONIO
Keyword(s): MILITARY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
THE SEWER
BY THE SEWER I LIVED,
BY THE SEWER I DIED,
THEY CALLED IT MURDER,
BUT IT WAS SEWER-CIDE.
Submitter comment: GRADE SCHOOL AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Data entry tech comment: ADDED TITLE AND COMMAS
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): SUICIDE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
FLYLEAF-FRIENDSHIP
SHIRLEY HAD A LITTLE LAMP,
SHE HAD IT TRAINED NO DOUBT.
EVERTIME HER BOYFRIEND CAME,
THE LITTLE LAMP WENT OUT.
Submitter comment: FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK, DATE 1939. MY GIRLFRIENDS WROTE IN IT.
Data entry tech comment: ADDED COMMAS WHERE NECESSARY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
Keyword(s): LIGHT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
IF EVER YOU MARRY
IF EVER A HUSBAND YOU SHALL HAVE,
AND HE THESE LINES SHALL SEE
TELL HIM OF YOUR FUN IN SCHOOL
AND KISS HIM TWICE FOR ME)
Submitter comment:
TAKEN FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF 1963 IN REDFORD TOWNSHIP, BUT
SHE MOVED TO SOMEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA.
Data entry tech comment: ADDED TITLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
Keyword(s): INSTRUCTIONS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
FRIENDSHIP
I MET YOU AS A STRANGER
I KNOW YOU AS A FRIEND.
I HOPE WE MEET IN HEAVEN
WHERE FRIENDSHIP NEVER ENDS.
Submitter comment:
TAKEN FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF 1963 AT CAMP METAMORA,
METAMORA, MICHIGAN. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES OR WHO SHE IS.
Data entry tech comment: ADDED TITLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; METAMORA
Keyword(s): WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Pious reflection |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CHEATING
IF YOU GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE I DO,
PUNCH A LITTLE HOLE AND PULL ME THROUGH.
Submitter comment: AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1956
Data entry tech comment: CORRECTED MISSPELLED WORD IN LAST LINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INSTRUCTIONS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Pious reflection |
BE CAREFUL
IF WISDOM'S WAYS YOU WISELY SEEK,
FIVE THINGS OBSERVE WITH CARE:
OF WHOM YOU SPEAK, TO WHOM YOU SPEAK,
AND HOW, AND WHEN, AND WHERE.
Submitter comment: UNDATED ENTRY WRITTEN IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Data entry tech comment: ADDED TITLE AND REARRANGED ONE LINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
FRIENDSHIP
THERE ARE GOLD SHIPS,
THERE ARE SILVER SHIPS,
BUT THERE IS NO SHIP LIKE FRIENDSHIP.
Submitter comment: UNDATED ENTRY WRITTEN IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Data entry tech comment: ADDED TITLE AND COMMAS WHERE NEEDED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): REPETITION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
SAILING DOWN LIFE'S RIVER,
IN A LITTLE BARK CANOE,
HOPE YOU HAVE A PLEASANT JOURNEY
AND ROOM ENOUGH FOR TWO.
Submitter comment:
TOLD IN GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN
1939 BIRCH TREE, MISSOURI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 03-01-1972