The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

AUTOGRAPH VERSE

LONG MAY YOU LIVE
HAPPY MAY YOU DIE
SITTING ON A LOG
EATING APPLE PIE.

Submitter comment: (1939 BIRCH TREE, MONTANA)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CLIPPED IAMBIC ; DEATH ; HAPPINESS ; HUMOR ; LONGEVITY ; QUATRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB ; WISH

Date learned: 03-01-1972

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POEM

MAY YOUR PATH BE STRUED WITH FLOWERS
WELCOME BE ON EVERY SIDE
MAY YOUR HOME BE VERY HAPPY
MAY NO SORROWS ENTER THERE
MAY SWEET ROSES BLOOM AROUND YOU
AND LOVE GREET YOU EVERYWHERE
MAY YOUR FRIENDS BE MOST FAITHFUL
AND NO THOUGHTLESS WORD IMPLANT
THAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL UNHAPPY
OR WOULD WOUND YOUR KINDER HEART

Submitter comment: POEM BY ALBERT WALLEN, WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA

IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF LATE MRS. GEORGE A. SCHNEIDER
AND LATE CLARA SPIELBUSCH, TOLEDO, OHIO

Data entry tech comment: IMPLANT MIGHT BE IMPART

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; FLOWERS ; FRIENDSHIP ; HAPPINESS ; KINDNESS ; METAPHOR ; METER: TROCHEES ; REPETITION ; RHYME: ABCADAEFCA ; SERIOUSNESS ; SINCERITY ; STANZA ; WISH

Date learned: 11-21-1965

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AUTOGRAPH VERSE

REMEMBER ME WHEN THIS YOU SEE
AND COUNT ME AS A FRIEND,
AND I WILL TRUE REMEMBER YOU
UNTIL MY LIFE SHALL END.

Submitter comment: VERSE IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF INFORMANT; 1932, NIKOMA, NORTH DAKOTA

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH

Keyword(s): FRIENDLY ; FRIENDSHIP ; INTERNAL RHYME ; INVERSION ; METER: IAMBS ; PROMISE OF REMEMBRANCE ; QUATRAIN ; REQUEST FOR REMEMBRANCE ; RHYME: ABCB

Date learned: 10-00-1965

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AUTOGRAPH VERSE

THE EAGLE MAY FORGET THE ROCK
THE OCEAN BIRD THE SEA
THE FLOWERS MAY FORGET TO BLOOM
BUT I'LL REMEMBER THEE.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): BIRDS ; CONTRAST ; FLOWERS ; FRIENDLY ; FRIENDSHIP ; INFORMATIVE ; METER: IAMBS ; PROMISE OF REMEMBRANCE ; QUATRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB

Date learned: 10-17-1967

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APPRECIATION OF FRIENDS

IT IS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES,
HOW SWEET AND SOUR OUR LIVES CAN BE.
BUT IF WE COULD LOVE AS WELL AS WE HATE,
WHAT FEW TROUBLES WOULD BE LEFT TO SEE.
FOR JOYS WOULD RESULT WITH NO SORROWS FELT,
THUS LEAVING OUR HEARTS SO EASY TO MELT.

Where learned: JAPAN ; TOKYO

Keyword(s): ADVICE ; ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; FREE VERSE ; HATE ; INFORMATIVE ; LOVE ; METAPHOR ; RHYME: ABCBEE ; SERIOUSNESS

Date learned: 00-00-1959

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AUTOGRAPH VERSE

WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS SINKING
AND YOUR MIND IS FREE
WHEN YOU OFTEN THINK OF OTHERS,
WILL YOU SOMETIMES THINK OF ME?

Submitter comment: (1939, BIRCH TREE, MONTANA)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; FRIENDSHIP ; METER: TROCHEES ; QUATRAIN ; REQUEST FOR REMEMBRANCE ; RHYME: ABCB ; SERIOUSNESS ; SUNSET

Date learned: 03-01-1972

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WHEN TWILIGHT DRAWS HER CURTAIN
AND PINS IT WITH A STAR.
REMEMBER YOU HAVE A FRIEND
NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO.

Where learned: NONE GIVEN

Keyword(s): FRIENDLY ; METER: IAMBS ; METER: TRISYLLABIC FOOT ; POETIC DICTION ; PROMISE OF FRIENDSHIP ; QUATRAIN ; RHYME:ABCD ; STARS

Date learned: 03-28-1960

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"CURTAINS OF EVENING"

"WHEN EVENING PULLS ITS CURTAINS BACK
AND PINS THEM WITH A STAR.
KNOW THAT I'LL REMEMBER YOU
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE."

Submitter comment: SIGNED BY ALDENE COTE, LATELY OF MIAMI, FLA.,
TO A PHOTO OF HERSELF, GIVEN TO ME.

Keyword(s): FRIENDLY ; FRIENDSHIP ; METER: IAMBS ; POETIC DICTION ; PROMISE OF REMEMBRANCE ; QUATRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB ; STARS ; TWILIGHT

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

IF YOU EVER PASS A CHESTNUT TREE
LOOK AT A NUT AND THINK OF ME}
IF YOU EVER PASS A CHESTNUT TREE

Submitter comment: BOOK NOT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN (1959-1960)

Where learned: NONE GIVEN

Keyword(s): COUPLET ; HUMOR ; INDIRECTION ; METER: TROCHEES ; NUT ; REMEMBRANCE ; RETORT ; RHYME: AA

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GRACE BEFORE EATING A MEAL

GOD IS GREAT,
GOD IS GOOD.
LET US THANK HIM
FOR THIS FOOD.

Submitter comment: OUR FAMILY ALWAYS SAID THIS GRACE BEFORE MEALS. I DON'T
THINK WE USED ANY OTHERS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; SLANT RHYME: GOOD, FOOD

Date learned: 00001960S

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED AND EATING HAM,
THINK OF ME AND MY OLD MAN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): INSTRUCTIONS ; RHYME: AA ; SLANG: OLD MAN FOR ; SLANT RHYME

Date learned: 00-00-1933

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

I WISH YOU LUCK,
I WISH YOU JOY,
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY.
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL,
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): BIRTH ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABBCC

Date learned: 00-00-1933

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE ON A HILL,
SEND ME A MESSAGE BY THE WHIP-POOR-WHILL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD ; INSTRUCTIONS ; RHYME: AA ; WHIP-POOR-WILL

Date learned: 00-00-1933

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

WHEN ON THIS PAGE YOUR BEAUTIFUL EYES YOU BEND,
LET IT REMIND YOU OF YOUR ABSENT FRIEND.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): PRAISE ; RHYME: AA

Date learned: 00-00-1933

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

THE HIGHER THE MOUNTAIN
THE COOLER THE BREEZE.
THE YOUNGER THE COUPLE
THE TIGHTER THEY SQUEEZE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): ANALOGY ; ELLIPSIS ; RHYME: ABCB ; YOUTH

Date learned: 00-00-1933

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

GO LITTLE ALBUM FAR AND NEAR
TO ALL OF ROSIE'S FRIENDS SO DEAR,
SO EACH MAY WRITE A LITTLE PAGE
FOR HER TO READ IN HER OLD AGE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE ; FUTURE ; RHYME: AABB

Date learned: 00-00-1933

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

THIS IS A LOVELY LITTLE SPOT.
I'LL WRITE THE WORDS FORGET ME NOT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AA

Date learned: 00-00-1933

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

HAPPY HAVE WE MET
HAPPY HAVE WE BEEN,
HAPPY MAY WE PART,
AND HAPPY MAY WE MEET AGAIN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; MEDIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB ; SLANT RHYME

Date learned: 00-00-1933

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

I'VE LOOKED THE PAGES OVER
TO SEE WHAT OTHERS WROTE BEFORE.
BUT IN THIS LOVELY SPOT
I'LL NOW INSCRIBE FORGET-ME-NOT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AABB

Date learned: 00-00-1933

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
ABOVE IT ALL
THE BEST IS YOU

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; FLOWERS ; PRAISE ; RHYME: ABCB

Date learned: 00-00-1933

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