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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
ORANGES GROW IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY GROW IN FLORIDA TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN,
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Data entry tech comment: LINE DIVISION CHANGED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; FRUIT ; PRAISE ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
AUTOGRAPH ITEM
READ SEE HOW HOPE YOU
UP WILL MUCH I LIKE
AND YOU I AND
DOWN AND LIKE YOU ME
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF
COLETTE BY A SCHOOLMATE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; RHYME ABCB ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
AUTOGRAPH
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND MOVE DOWN SOUTH
REMEMBER ME AND MY BIG MOUTH.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COUPLET ; FRIENDSHIP ; MARRAIGE ; RHYME AA ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
AUTOGRAPH
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
ORCHIDS ARE $6.50
WILL DANDELIONS DO?
Data entry tech comment: QUESTION MARK ADDED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; HUMOR ; NONSENSE ; PARODY ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN TWILIGHT DRAWS THE CURTAIN
AND PINS IT WITH A STAR
REMEMBER I WILL THINK OF YOU
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
1939 BIRCH TREE, MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; LOVE ; RHYME ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
ALWAYS THE SAME AS B/4
1939 BIRCH TREE, MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): DIGITAL VERSE ; FRIENDSHIP ; PAST ; REMEMBERANCE ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
THE PHANTOM SHIP
OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA THERE WAS A SHIP THAT DISAPPEARED ON
ITS WAY TO INDIA. ABOUT SIX YEARS LATER IT WAS SIGHTED BY ANOTHER
SHIP WHICH PULLED ALONG SIDE OF IT TO INSPECT IT. THEY FOUND NO
ONE ON BOARD. THEY DID FIND PLENTY OF FOOD AND THE LOG WHICH ENDED
ON THE DATE THAT THE SHIP DISAPPEARED. WHEN THEY TIED A ROPE TO
THE SHIP TO TOW IT A STORM CAME UP AND BROKE THE ROPE. THE SHIP
DRIFTED AWAY AND WAS LOST AGAIN. UP UNTIL 1953 THE SAME THING
HAPPENED OVER AND OVER TO OTHER SHIPS WHO SPOTTED THE PHANTOM.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST SHIPS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
WORTH DOING WELL
IF ANYTHING IS WORTH DOING , ITS WORTH DOING WELL.
Submitter comment: READ THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PRIDE IN WORKMANSHIP
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
THREADS
INVISIBLE TIES ARE THE STRONGEST TIES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP
James Callow Keyword(s): PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001920S
AUTOGRAPH BOOK SIGNATURE
YOURS TILL NEL BLOWS HER NOSE ON YOUR HOSE.
Submitter comment: FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929 TO 1933.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP PROMISE ; INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK SIGNATURE
YOURS TILL TO-MORROW.
PROMISE
Submitter comment: FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
AUTOGRAPH BOOK SIGNATURE
YOURS TILL COWS MILK.
Submitter comment: FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME
YOURS TILL AUSTRIA GETS HUNGARY AND FRIED TURKEY IN GREECE.
Submitter comment: FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): COUNTRY ; FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE ; PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; PUN ON HUNGRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
SIGNATURE
YOURS TILL NIAGRA FALLS,
Submitter comment:
THIS SIGNATURE WAS USED BY SUE MCANINCH TO THE VERSE IN KATHY'S
AUTOGRAPH BOOK (SEE C760).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; LOCATION ; PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
YOURS 'TILL THE OCEAN RUNS DRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE
James Callow Keyword(s): ASSUMED IMPOSSIBILITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
YOURS 'TILL THE KITCHEN SINKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE ; PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
SIGNATURE, PROSE
"YOURS TIL HELL FREEZES OVER ALD ALL US LITTLE DEVILS GO SKATING."
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SIGNATURE I FOUND IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK FROM 1963
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
THE HIGHER THE MOUNTAIN
THE COOLER THE BREEZE
THE YOUNGER THE COUPLE
THE TIGHTER THEY SQUEEZE
Submitter comment: AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1943
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): HUG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1943
A BRILLIANT DEDUCTION
BUTTER IS BUTTER
CHEESE IS CHEESE,
WHAT IS A KISS
WITHOUT A SQUEEZE.
Data entry tech comment: TAKEN FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; FOOD ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): HUG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 08-06-1964
GOLDEN GATES TO HEAVEN
GOLDEN GATES TO HELL
DARN THE BOY WHO KISSES YOU
RUNS OFF AND TELLS.
Data entry tech comment: THE LAST LINE WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE IT IT WOULD READ :"THAT ;
Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1935