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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
GRANDMA HAS A HABIT OF CHEWING IN HER SLEEP
SHE CHEWS ON GRANDPA'S WISKERS
AND THINKS IT'S SHREDDED WHEAT.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): CEREAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB,
THE DOCTORS WERE SURPRISED.
BUT THEY WERE EVEN MORE SURPRISED,
WHEN MAC DONALD HAD A FARM.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK ; WILLIAMSVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRTH CONNOTATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
ONCE I HAD A MONKEY
I TIED HIM TO A HEATER,
AND EVERYTIME HE TURNED AROUND,
HE BURNED HIS LITTLE SEATER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
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
GRANDMA HAS A HABIT
OF EATING IN HER SLEEP.
SHE CHEWS ON GRANDPA'S WHISKERS
AND THINKS IT'S SHREDDED WHEAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CEREAL=SHREDDED WHEAT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-00-1952
ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST,
IF IT WASN'T FOR MY ASS,
MY BELLY WOULD BUST.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB,
SHE FED HIM CASTOR OIL,
AND EVERY TIME HE JUMPED THE FENCE,
HE FERTILIZED THE SOIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): LAXATIVE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
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 |
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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
WHEN I DIE AND GO ABOVE,
I WILL SEE THE BOYS YOU USED TO LOVE,
WHEN YOU DIE AND GO BELOW,
YOU WILL SHOVEL COAL FOR THE B & O.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): B & O IS (OR WAS) A RAILROAD, BALTIMORE & OHIO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
MY LOVE FOR YOU WILL HEAD MY LIST,
SO THINK OF ME WHEN YOU DO THE TWIST.
Submitter comment: HE IS MY FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TWIST=A DANCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL WHO HAD A LITTLE CURL
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FOREHEAD.
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD, SHE WAS VERY, VERY GOOD, AND
WHEN SHE WAS BAD, SHE WAS DEBBIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
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
WHEN I DIE BURY ME DEEP
PUT A KEG OF BEER ON MY HEAD AND FOOT
PUT A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY ON MY BREAST
AND TELL THEM ALL A SOAK'S AT REST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SOAK=DRUNK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
MY FATHER IS A BUTCHER,
MY MOTHER CUTS THE MEAT,
I'M JUST A LITTLE WINNIE (WEENIE)
RUNNING AROUND THE STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WEENIE=FRANKFURTER HOTDOG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1960