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AUTOGRAPH VERSE
REMEMBER ME WHEN THIS YOU SEE
AND COUNT ME AS A FRIEND,
AND I WILL TRUE REMEMBER YOU
UNTIL MY LIFE SHALL END.
Submitter comment: VERSE IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF INFORMANT; 1932, NIKOMA, NORTH DAKOTA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): FRIENDLY ; FRIENDSHIP ; INTERNAL RHYME ; INVERSION ; METER: IAMBS ; PROMISE OF REMEMBRANCE ; QUATRAIN ; REQUEST FOR REMEMBRANCE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
This little saying was used often in my neighborhood
when I was a child, particularly among siblings:
"Liar, liar, pants on fire,
Hanging from a telephone wire."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Kenmore
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00001973 ca.
ICE COLD BEER MAKES YOU WANNA CHEER,
ICE COLD GIN MAKES YOU WANNA WIN,
ICE COLD DUCK (CLAP THREE TIMES)
MAKES YOU WANNA SCORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BASKETBALL GAME
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ; INITIAL ITERATION ; INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival Custom Festival |
PINK, PINK YOU STINK
YELLOW, YELLOW KISS A FELLOW
BLUE, BLUE GOD LOVES YOU
RED, RED WET THE BED
WHITE, WHITE GET MARRIED TONIGHT
BROWN, BROWN WEAR YOUR BRITCHES UPSIDE DOWN
BLACK, BLACK SIT ON A TACK
GOLD, GOLD YOU LOOK LIKE A MOLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COLORS ; INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-28-1973
WISHING STORY
THERE'S A LITTLE RHYME ABOUT WISHES:
STARLIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT,
WISH I MAY, WISH I MIGHT,
HAVE MY WISH COME TRUE TONIGHT.
IF YOU WISHED ON THE FIRST STAR YOU SAW, AND DIDN'T
TELL ANYONE YOUR WISH, THEN IT WOULD COME TRUE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHIE ; INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
SUPERSTITION
THERE IS A RIGHT AND WRONG WAY TO SWEEP YOUR FLOOR. YOU ARE SUPPOSED
TO SWEEP TOWARD THE BACK DOOR AND NOT THE FRONT DOOR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): ; Back ; DIRECTION ; Domesticity ; Door ; Dust ; Front ; HOUSECLEANING ; SUPERSTITION ; Sweep
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; OPPOSITES ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Daily Life |
Date learned: 11-10-1970