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YOURS TILL NIAGARA FALLS.
Submitter comment:
THIS SIGNATURE WAS USED BY SUE MC ANINCH TO THE
VERSE IN KATHY'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; LOCATION ; PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
YOURS 'TIL THE OCEAN RUNS DRY.
YOURS TIL THE KITCHEN SINKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
IN FLORIDA THEY GROW ORANGES,
IN CALIFORNIA TOO.
BUT ONLY OUR DEAR MICHIGAN
CAN PRODUCE A PEACH LIKE YOU!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IN PLACE OF MICHIGAN ANY STATE OR PLACE COULD BE LISTED.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE PARK.
BUT THE TULIPS I LIKE BEST,
ARE TULIPS IN THE DARK.
Submitter comment:
I READ THIS IN AUTOGRAPH BOOKS AND WROTE IT IN
AUTOGRAPH BOOKS MYSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-17-1967
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
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WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS SETTING
AND YOUR MIND FROM CARE IS FREE
WHILE OF OTHERS YOU ARE THINKING
WON'T YOU SOMETIMES THINK OF ME?
YOURS TIL THE MONKEY CLIMS
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST!
Submitter comment: ENTRY IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF MARION HOLMES PETERSON
James Callow Keyword(s): MAGAZINE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
I LOVE COFFEE, I LOVE TEA
MOST OF ALL I LOVE VICTORY.
KEEP THE GARDEN GROWING
BY THE DAILY TASK OF HOEING.
TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT ARE LAZY
WHILE YOU IN THE FIELD GET HAZY
YOUR FOR VICTORY
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
James Callow Keyword(s): WAR SLOGANS VICTORY GARDENS WORLD WAR II
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 07-11-1943
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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A HUT
SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR BABY'S BUTT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT MARTIN GRADE SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00001958-1960
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, AND HAVE NOTHING TO EAT,
CUT OFF YOUR WHISKERS AND HAVE SHREDDED WHEAT.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): CEREAL=SHREDDED WHEAT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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 BIGGER
TWO MORE LEGS, AND YOU'D LOOK LIKE TRIGGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRIGGER=ROY ROGERS' HORSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
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 |
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
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE GREEN,
YOU'D THINK BETTER WITH SOME BRAINS IN YOUR BEAN. CK[ SLANG=BEAN FOR HEAD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT JAMES SCHOOL ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG=BEAN FOR HEAD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
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