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JUST PLANT A WATERMELON ON MY GRAVE
AND LET THE JUICE SLIP THROUGH.
JUST PLANT A WATERMELON ON MY GRAVE
THAT'S ALL I ASK OF YOU!
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): CHILDREN ; Children's Song ; Grave ; Juice ; RHYME ; Watermelon
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
I SCREAM
U (YOU) SCREAM
WE ALL SCREAM
FOR ICE CREAM!
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHANT ; GAME ; ICE CREAM ; Jump Rope ; JUMP ROPE RHYME ; poem ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 05-00-1972
I LIKE COFFEE,
I LIKE TEA,
I WANT ------(NAME)
TO JUMP WITH ME!
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Coffee ; Jump Rope ; JUMP ROPE RHYME ; poem ; RHYME ; SONG ; TEA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
FAR BE I FOR ME
TO PASS JUDGMENT ON THEE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Judgment ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Saying
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
SHARP OBJECTS ARE TABOO BECAUSE THEY PIERCE FRIENDSHIPS.
DO NOT PASS THEM DIRECTLY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; FRIENDSHIP ; Objects ; Sharp ; SUPERSTITION ; Taboo
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
BORASS---MEANS TO PLAY A PRACTICAL JOKE ON SOMEONE.
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Where learned: INDIANA ; BLOOMINGTON
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Nickname ; PRACTICAL JOKE ; SLANG ; SPEECH
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
DON'T LET YOUR BOOKS INTERFERE WITH YOUR EDUCATION.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Books ; EDUCATION ; HUMOR ; JOKE ; PROVERB ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
There once was a professor who was very abrasive in dealing with the students. IOne day he even told one student to go to hell. Well, the student went to Dr. Payne and told him about it..."why he even told me to go to hell!" Dr. Payne replied: "well, if I were you, I wouldn't do it."
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): HELL ; JOKE ; Professor ; Student ; Tale
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I like coffee
I like tea
I like for ____
To come in with me.
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Keyword(s): Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Verse - Wit
Jungle Bells, shotgun shells
Robin laid an egg
The batmobile lost a wheel
and the Joker got away.
(sung to the tune of Jingle Bells)
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BATMAN ; Carol ; Christmas Carol ; Comic ; holiday ; Jingle Bells ; Pop Culture ; SONG ; Spoof
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit |
Verse - Game
ABC - LSD - Marijuana is good for me.
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Keyword(s): Acid ; ALPHABET ; DRUGS ; LSD ; Marijuana ; Pop Culture ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Joke - Riddle
What's big and purple and travels under water?
Answer: Moby Grape
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): GAME ; Grape ; JOKE ; Melville ; Moby Dick ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Joke - Riddle
Whats green and sings?
Answer: Elvis Parsley
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Keyword(s): Elvis Presley ; Herb ; JOKE ; Parsley ; PLAY ON WORDS ; Pub ; RIDDLE ; Saying
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |