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AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
MM[ ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
THE SHORTER THE DRESS,
THE BETTER THE VIEW.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SHOULD GO DOWN AS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB ; SEX
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
VERSE
MM[ ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
THE LORD SURE MADE A CRAZY ONE,
WHEN HE MADE YOU.
Submitter comment: WRITTEN IN AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1938
Data entry tech comment: LINES DIVIDED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INSULT ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
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) |
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
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE.
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB,
HIS FOOT WAS BLACK WITH SOOT,
AND EVERYWHERE THE LAMB WOULD GO,
HIS SOOTY FOOTIE PUT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK BY MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR,
ON 12241954.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY TALK. ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 12-24-1954
AUTOGRAPH VERSE.
WHEN EVENING PULLS THE CURTAIN DOWN
AND PINS IT WITH A STAR
REMEMBER THAT I AM YOUR FRIEND
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WOMAN WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, PERMITTED ME
TO COLLECT THESE VERSES FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK. THE VERSES
WERE ENTERED BY HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES IN 1939.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP: GOOD WISHES ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
NONE
I SEE YOU IN THE OCEAN,
I SEE YOU IN THE SEA,
I SEE YOU IN THE BATHTUB,
OOPS } PARDON ME }
Submitter comment: ENTRY DATED 03181960 IN HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): NUDITY ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): BATHTUB VERSE. ; INCREMENTS REPITION ; ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
ROSES I BRING.
ROSES I BRING THAT IN MY
GARDEN GREW }
MAY EVERY DAY BLOOM LIKE
A ROSE FOR YOU }
Where learned: DETROIT ; POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP. ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): WISH.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
FRIENDSHIP
WHEN THE FUTURE IS PRESENT,
AND THE PRESENT IS PAST,
MAY THE LIGHT OF OUR FRIENDSHIP
SHINE BRIGHT TO THE LAST.
Where learned: OHIO ; VERSE ON DECORATED POSTCARD ; IRONTON
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB ; WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA
IN 1492.
AND I DISCOVERED A GREAT FRIEND,
WHEN I DISCOVERED YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
SOME LOVE ONE,
SOME LOVE TWENTY,
I LOVE YOU,
AND THAT'S A PLENTY.
Submitter comment: 1939, BIRCH TREE, MARYLAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYLAND ; GROSSE POINTE ; BIRCH TREE
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
LITTLE BOY BLUE
COME BLOW YOUR HORN.
THE SHEEP IN THE MEADOW
THE COWS IN THE CORN.
OH WHERE'S THE LITTLE BOY
WHO'S ALWAYS ASLEEP?
HE'S UNDER THE HAYSTACK
EATING THE SHEEP.
Submitter comment: SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION FOLKLORE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TRAVERSE CITY ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 12-00-1973
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VERSE
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED AND ARE DOING THE DISHES, THINK OF ME AND
MY GOOD WISHES.
Submitter comment:
"VIRGINIA VERBEKE" IS THE NAME SIGNED UNDER THIS ENTRY IN THE
INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
VERSE
YOUR HEART IS NOT A PLAYGROUND,
YOUR HEART IS NOT A TOY,
BUT IF YOU WANT IT BROKEN,
JUST GIVE IT TO A BOY.
WANT IT BROKEN, JUST GIVE IT TO A BOY.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN FROM AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK BELONGING TO THE
INFORMANT,
WHO IS MY MOTHER. THIS SAME VERSE WAS FOUND THREE TIMES IN THE
BOOK, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN A POPULAR VERSE WITH THE EIGHTH GRADE
AT NICHOLS SCHOOL IN DETROIT, JUNE 1944.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
CHILDREN'S SONG - ENGLISH SONG ABOUT WELSH PEOPLE
TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN
HOUSE AND STOLE A LEG OF BEEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
REMEMBER THE BOY IN THE CITY REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE TOWN
REMEMBER THE BOY WHO WRECKED YOUR BOOK BY WRITING THIS
UPSIDE-DOWN!
Submitter comment: THE PERSON WRITES THIS ON THE PAGE UPSIDE-DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-01-965
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
TWO IN A CAR TWO LITTLE KISSES FOUR WEEKS LATER MR AND MRS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
CHILDREN'S SONG
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME PEACHES
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME PEARS
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME FIFTY CENTS
AND KICKED ME DOWN THE STAIRS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT MANY OF HER FRIENDS AND HER SISTERS USED
TO SING THIS WITH HER WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG. SHE ALSO TOLD ME THAT
THIS CAN ALSO BE USED WITH A CLAPPING BEAT OF WHATEVER THE SINGER
THINKS WILL GO WITH THE SONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUIT AS GIFTS ; INITIAL ITERATION MEDIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
AUTOGRAPH RHYME
A HEART IS NOT A PLAYTHING, A HEART IS NOT A TOY,
BUT IF YOU WANT IT BROKEN, GIVE IT TO A BOY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972