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NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE
A RHYME RECITED WHILE JUMPING ROPE. NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT
BEFORE/ TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR/ AS I WENT OUT,
THEY CAME IN/ HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN/ THIS IS WHAT
THEY SAID TO ME/ SPANISH DANCER TURN ALL AROUND/ SPANISH DANCER
TOUCH THE GROUND/ SPANISH DANCER DO THE SPLITS/ SPANISH DANCER GIVE A
HIGH KICK/ SPANISH DANCER GET OUT OF TOWN/ BEFORE THE SUN GOES
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN/
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
MORTUARY SLOGANS
I, AT ONE TIME DELIVERED FLOWERS FOR A FLORIST
AS A PART-TIME JOB,
DURING WHICH TIME I RAN ACROSS A NUMBER OF MORTUARY SLOGANS. "YOU
STAB 'EM, WE SLAB 'EM."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.537 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.400 PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
MORTUARY SLOGANS
I, AT ONE TIME DELIVERED FLOWERS FOR A FLORIST AS A
PART-TIME JOB,
DURING WHICH TIME I RAN ACROSS A NUMBER OF MORTUARY SLOGANS.
"BETTER BODIES BY K AND S." THE FUNERAL HOME WHERE I GOT THIS
SLOGAN IS THE KARRER-SIMPSON FUNERAL HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
MORTUARY SLOGANS
THE INFORMANT AT ONE TIME DELIVERED FLOWERS FOR A }
FLORIST AS A PART-TIME
JOB, DURING WHICH TIME HE RAN ACROSS A NUMBER OF
MORTUARY SLOGANS. "YOU KILL 'EM, WE CHILL 'EM."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.537 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.400 PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU WEAR A RAG SATURATED WITH HUMAN SWEAT IT WILL CURE ACNE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER GIRL FRIENDS AT SCHOOL AND DOES NOT
HOLD IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSPIRATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-18-1972
GOOD BREAD, GOOD MEAT, LETS EAT.
Submitter comment: A MOCK PRAYER USUALLY SAID BY LITTLE CHILDREN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00001960S EARLY
VERSE
FATHER MOSES KILLED A SKUNK, MOTHER MOSES COOKED THE SKUNK,
BABY MOSES ATE THE SKUNK, HOLY MOSES! HOW THEY STUNK!
Submitter comment:
THIS ENTRY INTO THE INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK WAS SIGNED BY CONNIE
KEYSE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AAAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
BEDTIME PRAYER
IN GOTT'S NAMEN, SCHLAFEN GINGEN,
VIERTEHN ENGEL MIT MIR GINGEN
ZWEI ZU KOPF, ZWEI ZU FUSSE,
ZWEI ZU MEINER RECHTE SEITE,
ZWEI ZU MEINER LINKE SEITE,
ZWEI ZU MICH DECKEN,
ZWEI ZU MICH WECKEN,
ZWEI ZU MICH WEISEN,
IN DIE HIMMLICH PARADIESEN.
GOING TO SLEEP IN GOD'S NAME,
WITH FOURTEEN ANGELS GOING WITH ME,
TWO AT MY HEAD, TWO AT MY FEET,
TWO AT MY RIGHT SIDE,
TWO AT MY LEFT SIDE,
TWO TO COVER ME,
TWO TO WAKE ME,
TWO TO SHOW ME INTO
THE HEAVENLY PARADISE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TELLS THAT THIS PRAYER HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN IN HER FAMILY
FROM MOTHER TO CHILD FOR MANY GENERATIONS.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION GERMAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
KILMA TOAST
NOWHERE ARE THE WOMEN SO DIVINE AS IN VIRGINIA
NOWHERE ARE THE MEN SO REFINED AS IN VIRGINIA.
COMMENT - THERE IS MORE BUT COULDN'T BE REMEMBERED; SUPPOSED TO BE
QUITE BEAUTIFUL
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; KILMARNOCK
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 11-27-1972
Proverb
TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS MANY TIMES ON THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED
STATES IN THE 1940S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-14-1972
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
THERE ARE WARSHIPS,, THERE ARE SCHOLARSHIPS BUT THE BEST SHIP
IS OUR "FRIENDSHIP"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION INITIAL ITERATION ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
I'M NOT A SOUTHERN BEAUTY
I'M NOT A NORTHERN ROSE
I'M JUST A PLAIN OLD SCHOOL GIRL
WITH A FRECKLE ON HER NOSE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
I WISH YOU LUCK I WISH YOU JOY I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY
BUT WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL I WISH YOU THEN A BABY
GIRL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
OLD LADY MACK
OLD LADY MACK MACK, MACK, ALL DRESSED IN BLACK, BLACK, BLACK. WITH
SILVER BUTTONS, BUTTONS, BUTTONS, ALL DOWN HER BACK, BACK, BACK.
SHE ASKED HER MOTHER, MOTHER, MOTHER, FOR FIFTEEN CENT, CENT, CENT.
TO SEE THE ELEPHANT, ELEPHANT, ELEPHANT, JUMP THE FENCE, FENCE,
FENCE. SHE JUMPED SO HIGH, HIGH, HIGH, TILL HE TOUCH THE SKY, SKY
SKY. AND HE NEVER CAME BACK, BACK, BACK, TILL THE FOURTH OF JULY-
LY-LY. I REMEMBER PLAYING THIS HAND GAME WHEN I WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS
OLD. IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE, BOTH FACING EACH OTHER. WE CLAP OUR
HANDS TOGETHER TO THE RHYME UNTIL WE PICKED UP A GOOD RHYTHM. THE
FIRST ONE TO LOSE THE RHYTHM WAS OUT.
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
PROVERB
A MAN WHO KNOWS AND KNOW THAT HE KNOWS, FOLLOW HIM.
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
A MAN WHO KNOWS AND KNOW NOT THAT HE KNOWS IS A FOOL, SHUN HIM.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
TONGUE TWISTER
SHE SAW SEASHELLS BY THE SEASHORE. THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR
FAVORITE TWISTERS WE USED TO USE DURING OUR RAINY DAYS INSIDE.
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
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
PROVERB
YOUR FRIEND LOOKS AT YOUR FACE.
YOUR ENEMY LOOKS AT YOUR FEET.
Submitter comment:
(HE IS YOUR ENEMY BECAUSE HE IS LOOKING AT THE DIRTIEST PART
OF YOUR LIFE.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ALLITERATION PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1972