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VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
MATHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN,
BLESS THE BED THAT I LIE ON!
ALL FOUR CORNERS ROUND ABOUT,
WHEN I GET IN, WHEN I GET OUT.
FOUR CORNERS TO MY BED,
FOUR ANGELS ROUND MY HEAD;
ONE TO WATCH AND ONE TO PRAY,
AND TWO TO BEAR MY SOUL AWAY.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN SCHOOL.
Keyword(s): DEATH PIOUS SLEEPING BIBLICAL ; PIOUS ; PRAYER ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, WHO HAD A LITTLE CURL
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FOREHEAD.
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD, SHE WAS VERY, VERY GOOD,
BUT WHEN SHE WAS BAD, SHE WAS HORRID.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER USED TO RECITE THIS WHEN I WAS BAD.
Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
ONE FOR THE MONEY,
TWO FOR THE SHOW,
THREE TO GET READY,
AND FOUR TO GO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COUNTING RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
HOW SHE DID IT, I'LL BE DAMNED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
MISS SUSIE
MISS SUSIE HAD A BABY,
SHE NAMED HIM TINY TIM,
SHE PUT HIM IN THE BATHTUB,
TO SEE IF HE COULD SWIM.
HE DRANK UP ALL THE WATER,
HE ATE UP ALL THE SOAP,
HE TRIED TO EAT THE BATHTUB,
BUT IT WOULDN'T GO DOWN HIS THROAT.
MISS SUSIE CALLED THE DOCTOR,
THE DOCTOR CALLED THE NURSE,
THE NURSE CALLED THE LADY,
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
IN WALKED THE DOCTOR,
IN WALKED THE NURSE,
IN WALKED HE LADY,
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
MUMPS SAID THE DOCTOR,
MUMPS SAID THE NURSE,
MUMPS SAID THE LADY,
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE. MM[
OUT WALKED THE DOCTOR,
OUT WALKED THE NURSE,
OUT WALKED THE LADY,
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
Submitter comment: ACCOMPANIED BY HAND-CLAPPING SAYS THE COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): HAVE ALSO HEARD THIS AS A JUMP-ROPE RHYME.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
CHARLIE OVER THE WATER,
CHARLIE OVER THE SEA,
CHARLIE CAUGHT A BLACKBIRD,
BUT HE CANNOT CATCH ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TAG GAME.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
TWO IN A HAMMOCK,
READY TO KISS,
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THEY WENT LIKE THIS. (THE WORD "THIS" IS WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN.)
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSES COLLECTED IN 1941
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
YOUR'S 'TILL THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS,
AND SEAS THE SALAD DRESSING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSES COLLECTED IN 1941.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; EUPHEMISM: HEAT FOR HELL ; PUNS ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
TRUE FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS,
PRECIOUS AND RARE.
FALSE ONES ARE LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES,
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): SIMILES RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
WHEN YOUR HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER,
AND LIFE'S PATH NO MORE YOU TROD.
MAY YOUR NAME IN GOLD BE WRITTEN,
IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): DEATH SALVATION NAME MAGIC RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
TULIPS IN THE PARK,
BUT THE TULIPS YOU LIKE THE BEST,
ARE THE TWO LIPS IN THE DARK,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; PUN: TULIPS AND TWO LIPS ; RHYME: ABCB ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
DON'T WORRY IF YOUR WORK IS SMALL,
OR YOUR REWARDS ARE FEW.
REMEMBER THAT THE MIGHTY OAK,
WAS ONCE A NUT LIKE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB METER: ALTERNATING IAMBIC TETRAMETER AND IAMBIC TRIMETER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-24-1972
DOWN IN THE FOREST,
CARVED IN A TREE,
ARE TWO LITTLE WORDS,
"REMEMBER ME".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
TWO IN A CAR,
TWO LITTLE KISSES
TWO WEEKS LATER,
MR. AND MRS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
AUTOGRAPH RHYME
GI HAIRCUTS, GI HATS, GI THIS AND GI THAT. GI LOVE YOU, GI DO, GI
WISH YOU'D LOVE ME TOO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AABB IMPERFECT RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
AUTOGRAPH RHYME
A HEART IS NOT A PLAYTHING, A HEART IS NOT A TOY,
BUT IF YOU WANT IT BROKEN, GIVE IT TO A BOY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
A RING IS ROUND AND HAS NO END AND THAT'S HOW LONG I'LL BE YOUR
FRIEND
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
TWO IN A CAR TWO LITTLE KISSES FOUR WEEKS LATER MR AND MRS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
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 |
VERSE
YOUR HEART IS NOT A PLAYGROUND,
YOUR HEART IS NOT A TOY,
BUT IF YOU WANT IT BROKEN,
JUST GIVE IT TO A BOY.
WANT IT BROKEN, JUST GIVE IT TO A BOY.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN FROM AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK BELONGING TO THE
INFORMANT,
WHO IS MY MOTHER. THIS SAME VERSE WAS FOUND THREE TIMES IN THE
BOOK, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN A POPULAR VERSE WITH THE EIGHTH GRADE
AT NICHOLS SCHOOL IN DETROIT, JUNE 1944.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |