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SILLY SONG
MARY HAD A STEAMBOAT,
STEAMBOAT HAD A BELL,
MARY WENT TO HEAVEN,
STEAMBOAT WENT TO ....
HELL_O OPERATOR,
DIAL NUMBER NINE,
IF THEY DON'T ANSWER,
KICK THEM IN THE . . . .
BEHIND THE REFRIGERATOR
IS A PIECE OF GLASS,
MARY SLIPPED
AND FELL UPON HER . . . .
ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS AND I'LL TELL YOU NO LIES,
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Lyric ; MUSIC ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
ENGLISH FOLK SONG
PAT MAY BE FOOLISH,
AND VERY OFTEN WRONG;
PAT HAS GOT A TEMPER,
THAT DON,T LAST VERY LONG.
PAT IS FOND OF JOLITY
THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS.
THERE NEVER WAS A COWARD
WHERE THE SHAMROCK GROWS.
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IT'S ABOUT THE IRISH-NOT NECESSARILY ADMIRATION.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): IRELAND ; Irish ; Lyrics ; MUSIC ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
MY NAME IS JESUS
MY NAME IS JESUS, THE SON OF GOD;
WELL, HELLO, HELLO, HELLO,
I'VE COME TO SAVE AND HEAL YOUR BED,
WELL, HELLO, HELLO, HELLO,
ROCK 'EM, SOCK 'EM, JESUS KNOCK 'EM,
GO GOD, GO
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; PARTY ; SAILING CLUB
Keyword(s): JESUS ; MUSIC ; PARODY ; Rally ; RELIGION ; SONG ; SPORTS ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 10-23-1971
LADY GODIVA THROUGH COVENTRY DID RIDE,
TO SHOW TO ALL THE VILLAGERS HER VERY PRETTY HIDE.
THE MOST OBSERVANT FELLOW WAS AN ENGINEER OF COURSE,
HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT NOTICED THAT GODIVA RODE A HORSE.
Submitter comment:
TYPICAL VERSE OF ENGINEERS SONG
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Where learned: NO LOCATION INDICATED
Keyword(s): JOKE ; MUSIC ; PARODY ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 12-00-1968
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SOLOMON SLICK
THERE WAS A MAN IN TOWN
WHOSE NAME WAS SOLOMON SLICK
WE OWNED A MULE WITH DRAINY EYES,
OH, HOW THAT MULE WOULD KICK.
HE KICKED,
HE KICKED
HE KICKED
HE KICKED THE TRAIN OFF THE TRACKS.
HE KICKED THE STREAM BOAT OUT OF SIGHT.
Submitter comment:
NOTE: ON TAPE #2.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; MUSIC ; PARODY ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
AT THE BAR, AT THE BAR,
WHERE I SMASHED MY FIRST CIGAR
AND THE DIMES AND THE NICKELS ROLLED AROUND
IT WAS THERE BY CHANCE
THAT I TORE MY SUNDAY PANTS
AND NOW I HAVE TO WEAR THEM EVERYDAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FATHER USED TO SING THIS SONG ALL THE TIME.
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Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): JOKE ; MUSIC ; PARODY ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
THE MOON SHINES TONIGHT ON CHARLIE CHAPMAN [sic]
HIS SHOES ARE CRAKLIN FOR WANT OF BLACKNIN
AND HIS OLD CARKY PANTS NEED A MENDIN
FOR THE WANT OF SENDIN, FOR THE GONE AWAY.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): PARODY ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
THE FIRST MARINE FOUND THE BEANS PARLE VOO.
THE SECOND MARINE COOKED THE BEANS PARLE VOO.
THE THIRD MARINE ATE THE BEANS, BLEW A HOLE IN THE SUBMARINE
INKY DINKY PARLE VOO.
Submitter comment:
IN GRADE SCHOOL THIS SONG WAS POPULAR. IT WAS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF
THE FRENCH SONG.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): CHILDHOOD ; JOKE ; PARODY ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 11-11-1969
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES,
BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME.
Submitter comment:
REPLY TO A TAUNT.
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Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): BONES ; Defense ; poem ; Reverse Taunt ; RHYME ; SONG ; Sticks ; STONES ; TAUNT ; WORDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- P870 P870.570 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FLY LEAF VERSE
STEAL NOT THIS BOOK FOR FEAR OR SHAME,
CAUSE YOU KNOW CYNTHIA COLEMAN IS NOT YOUR NAME,
CAUSE WHEN YOU DIE GOD WILL SAY
WHERE IS THAT BOOK YOU STOLE THAT DAY/
AND WHEN YOU REPLY, "I DO NOT KNOW,"
GOD WILL SAY, "TO HELL YOU GO".
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Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: CA11001973
An Autograph
2 good
+ 2 be
4 gotten
Submitter comment:
I got this from my autograph book. It was written by Annie Kovafian in 1961.
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Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): DIGITAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Games
Hide and seek
My mother and your mother
was hanging up the clothes.
My mother ksocked your mother
Right in the nose.
What color was the blood?
Red, red, r e d, red.
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Collector does not state what city the informant lives.
Where learned: KEATING SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |