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O'LEARY'S BAR
TWAS A COLD WINTER'S EVENING, THE GUESTS WERE ALL LEAVING,
O'LEARY WAS CLOSING THE BAR. WHEN HE TURNED AND HE SAID TO THE
LADY IN RED, "GET OUT YOU CAN'T STAY ANY MORE".
SHE WEPT A SAD TEAR IN HER BUCKET OF BEER, AS SHE THOUGHT OF THE
COLD NIGHT AHEAD, WHEN A DAPPER PHI KAPPER STEPPED OUT OF THE
CRAPPER, AND THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT HE SAID, " YOUR MOTHER
NEVER TOLD YOU, THE THINGS A YOUNG GIRL SHOULD KNOW,
ABOUT THE WAYS OF COLLEGE MEN AND HOW THEY COME AND GO...MOSTLY GO.
NOW AGE HAS TAKEN YOUR BEAUTY, AND SIN HAS LEFT ITS SAD SCAR,
SO REMEMBER YOUR MOTHER'S WORDS AND NEVER SLEEP UNDER THE BAR,
NEXT TO THE GIN, IN SOUTHERN COMFORT, WITH HIRAM WALKER"...
AND THERE WAS GRANNY, SWINGING ON THE OUTHOUSE DOOR, WITHOUT
HER NIGHTIE, AND GRANDPA YELLING "MORE, MORE, MORE"
SHE WORE PAJAMAS...
DRINK, DRINK, DRINK, DRINK, DRUNK LAST NIGHT, DRUNK THE NIGHT
BEFORE, GONNA GET DRUNK TONIGHT LIKE I'VE NEVER BEEN DRUNK BEFORE,
FOR WHEN I'M DRUNK I'M AS HAPPY AS CAN BE,
FOR I AM A MEMBER OF THE SOUSED FAMILY, OH THE SOUSED
FAMILY IS THE BEST FAMILY, TO EVER COME OVER FROM
OLD GERMANY, THERE'S THE HIGHLAND DUTCH AND THE LOW LAND DUTCH,
AND THE RODDER DAMN DUTCH AND THE OTHER DAMNED DUTCH,
SINGING GLORIOUS, GLORIOUS, ONE KEG OF BEER FOR THE FOUR OF US,
SINGING GLORY BE TO GOD THAT THERE AIN'T NO MORE OF US,
FOR ONE OF US CAN DRINK IT ALL ALONE, DAMN NEAR.
(SPOKEN) NOW GOD MADE MEN AND GOD MADE THE DUTCH, BUT WHEN GOD
MADE MEN HE DIDN'T MAKE MUCH.
SINGING GLORIOUS, GLORIOUS, ONE KEG OF BEER FOR THE FOUR OF US,
SINGING GLORY BE TO GOD THAT THERE AIN'T NO MORE MORE OF US,
FOR ONE OF US CAN DRINK IT ALL ALONE, DAMN NEAR.
REPEAT (NOW WHEN GOD MADE ...) FILLING IN DIFFERENT NAMES
TO REPLACE THE WORD MEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A FRATERNITY AND SORORITY SONG SUNG AT PARTIES.
THE INTERESTING PART OF THE SONG IS THAT THE TUNE CHANGES
FOUR TIMES DURING THE COURSE OF THE SONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM: OTHER FOR GOD
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE A TOT,
SEND ME A LETTER FOR A PE-PE POT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BABY ; EUPHEMISM: PE-PE POT FOR CHILD'S TOILET
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
GRAFFITI
LOVE IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD.
Data entry tech comment:
INFORMANT ASSUMED TO BE THE COLLECTOR.
FOUR-LETTER WORDS WERE KNOWN AS SWEAR WORDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED IN LAVATORY
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM RETORT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
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STORY
THERE WAS A GIRL WHO WENT TO WESTERN ONTARIO COLLEGE AND HER BOY
FRIEND CAME TO PICK HER UP FOR A FORMAL DANCE. HE WAS SITTING
IN THE LIVING ROOM WHICH WAS DIVIDED BY A STAIRWAY. THE PARENTS
COULDN'T SEE THEIR DAUGHTER AS SHE BEGAN COMING DOWN THE STAIRS.
THE GIRL'S SHOE CAUGHT IN HER DRESS AND PULLED IT DOWN TO HER WAIST.
HER DATE SAW THIS AND HER PARENTS DIDN'T AND SO TO DISTRACT
ATTENTION FROM THE GIRL, HE SAID, "OH, LOOK OUT ON THE LAWN. THE
PARENTS LOOKED OUT ON THE LAWN AND THERE WERE TWO DOGS ENGAGED
IN "HANKEY-PANKEY." THE FATHER DIDN'T WANT THIS KIND OF A BOY
TAKING OUT HIS DAUGHTER, THEREFORE FORBAD HIS DAUGHTER GOING OUT
WITH HIM. BUT THE GIRL CALLED HER MOTHER UPSTAIRS AND EXPLAINED
WHAT HAD HAPPENED. EVERYTHING WAS STRAIGHTENED OUT.
Submitter comment: SUSAN LEARNED THE STORY FROM HER GIRL FRIEND LAST YEAR.
Where learned: SUSANS HOME
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 12-25-1964
AUTOGRAPH
I'M YOURS TILL THE OCEAN WEARS RUBBER PANTS TO KEEP ITS BOTTOM DRY.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING OF ITS CORRECTED
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; PROMISE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
RIDDLE
HOW CAN YOU HAVE A SET OF TEETH INSERTED FREE OF CHARGE?
TEASE A BULLDOG.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMALS: DOGS ; RIDDLING QUESTION
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM FOR DOG BITE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
THREE LITTLE ANGELS
THREE LITTLE ANGELS, ALL DRESSED IN WHITE,
TRIED TO GET TO HEAVEN ON THE END OF A KITE,
BUT THE KITE STRING BROKE AND DOWN THEY FELL,
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO...
TWO LITTLE ANGELS, ALL DRESSED IN WHITE,
TRIED TO GET TO HEAVEN ON THE END OF A KITE,
BUT THE KITE STRING BROKE AND DOWN THEY FELL,
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO...
ONE LITTLE ANGEL...
...
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN HE WENT TO... MM
THREE LITTLE DEVILS, ALL DRESSED IN RED,
TRIED TO GET TO HEAVEN ON THE END OF A THREAD,
BUT THE THREAD-STRING BROKE AND DOWN THEY FELL,
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO...
TWO LITTLE DEVILS ALL DRESSED IN RED...
... MM
THREE LITTLE DEMONS, ALL DRESSED IN BLACK,
TRIED TO GET TO HEAVEN IN A CADILLAC,
BUT IT RAN OUT OF GAS AND DOWN THEY FELL,
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO...
TWO LITTLE...
...
(LAST TIME) INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO...
DON'T GET EXCITED, DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD,
INSTEAD OF GOING TO HEAVEN THEY WENT TO BED.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAIN OF COLORS ; ELLIPSES IN LINES 4, 8, ETC. ; EUPHEMISM FOR HELL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
DRINKING SONG
WHENEVER ANY ONE IS MADE TO DRINK A SHOT OR CHUG A BEER, HE
RECEIVES IT ALONG WITH THIS SONG:
HERE'S TO (NAME), HE'S TRUE BLUE,
HE'S A DRUNKARD THROUGH AND THROUGH,
HE'S A DRUNKARD SO THEY SAY,
THOUGHT HE WENT TO HEAVEN BUT HE WENT THE OTHER WAY.
SO DRINK CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG,
SO DRINK CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG...
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM FOR HELL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
MISS LUCY SONG
MISS LUCY HAD A STEAMBOAT. THE STEAMBOAT HAD A BELL, MISS LUCY
WENT TO HEAVEN AND THE STEAMBOAT WENT TO HELLO OPERATOR PLEASE
GIVE ME NUMBER NINE AND IF YOU DISCONNECT ME I WILL CHOP OFF YOUR
BEHIND THE FRIGERATOR THERE WAS A PIECE OF GLASS MISS LUCY FELL
UPON IT AND SHE BROKE HER LITTLE ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS I'LL
TELL YOU NO MORE LIES MISS LUCY AND HER BOYFRIEND ARE KISSING IN
THE D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, DARK!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN FROM MY MOTHER'S GRADE SCHOOL AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
AND TIED IT TO THE HEATER
AND EVERYTIME IT TURNED AROUND
IT BURNT ITS LITTLE SEATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): "SEATER" IS A EUPHEMISM FOR BUTTOCKS ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
BLACK-AMERICAN JUMP-ROPE PHYME
MY MAMA, YO MAMA, SITTING IN A DITCH.
MY MAMA CALLED YO MAMA A BIG FAT SON-
OF-A-PITCH ME OUTTA THE WINDOW, THROW
ME ON A ROCK, LONG CAME A BUMBLE BEE
AND STUNG ME ON MY COCK-TAIL, VIRGINIA
ALE, 15 CENTS A GLASS, IF YOU DON'T
BELIEVE ME JUST KISS MY BIG FAT ASK ME
NO QUESTIONS, I'LL TELL YOU NO LIE, JUST
FOLLOW ME TO MY HOTEL AND I'LL PROVE IT
TILL I DIE.
Submitter comment: CHILDHOOD JUMP ROPE JINGLE
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1985
Miss Susie had an steam boat.
The steam boat had a bell.
Miss Susie went to heaven.
The steam boat went to ...
Hello operator, give me number nine
If you disconnect me
I'll kick you right behind...
The refrigerator, there was a piece of glass
Miss Susie fell upon it and broke her little ...
Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies.
Miss Susie told me this the day before
She dyed her hair in purple,
She dyed her hair in pink,
She dyed her hair in polka dots
And washed it down the ...
Sink me in the ocean
Sink me in the sea
Sink me in the toilet
But please don't pee on me.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Proverbial Speech
WHEN IT IS SPRINKLING RAIN GOD IS CHEWING TOBACCO AGAIN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Chew ; EUPHEMISM ; God ; Language ; PROVERB ; Raining ; SPEECH ; TOBACCO ; WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
LULA HAD A STEAMBOAT,
STEAMBOAT HAD A BELL.
LULA WENT TO HEAVEN
AND THE STEAMBOAT WENT TO HELL-O.
OPERATOR GIVE ME NUMBER NINE;
IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ME, I'LL KICK YOU
IN THE--BEHIND THE REFRIGERATOR
THERE LAID SOME BROKEN GLASS,
LULA SLIPPED BEHIND IT AND CUT
HER BIG, FAT ---
ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS
I'LL TELL YOU NO MORE LIES.
LULA WENT TO HEAVEN
AND A STEAMBOAT NEVER DIES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 12-05-1973
SHEEP BALL TEA
GO OUT IN A SHEEP PASTURE AND YOU GET "WHAT'S IN A SHEEP
PASTURE" AND YOU BOIL IT, THEN DRINK IT AND IT CURES YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT CURES. OTHER SOURCES SAY
FEED IT TO A BABY TO CURE DIARRHEA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; SHEEP DUNG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THE FACE
HIS FACE LOOKS LIKE THE SOUTH END (SIDE) OF A HORSE GOING NORTH.
Submitter comment:
YOU CAN USE THIS RETORT ANYTIME SOMEONE IS BRAGGING OR PUTTING
SOMEONE ELSE DOWN AND YOU WANT HIM TO KNOW HE HAS NOTHING TO TALK
ABOUT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL COMPARISON ; EUPHEMISM FOR RUMP OF HORSE ; INSULT UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-25-1971
Did you hear about the butcher who backed into a meat cutting machine and got a little behind in his work?
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Boggs Numbers [W400, B667] are crossed out and B660 is substituted.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Butcher, Meat, Machine ; EUPHEMISM ; Jest, Anecdote, Pun, Joke, Irony ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
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