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BILL HAD A BILLBOARD
HE ALSO HAD A BOARD BILL
BILL SOLD HIS BILLBOARD TO PAY FOR HIS BOARD BILL
THEREFORE, BILL'S BILLBOARD NO LONGER BORED BILL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATES THE RHYME HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR A LONG
TIME AND WAS RELATED TO HIM BY HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVERTISING NONSENSE ; HUMOR PUN INCREMENTAL REPETITION ; RHYME: ABBB ; TONGUETWISTER ; WORD PLAY, ITERATION (FINAL) ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
THE FROG
THE FROG IS A FUNNY ANIMAL
WHEN HE WALK HE RUN ALMOST,
WHEN HE HOP HE JUMP ALMOST,
WHEN HE SIT HE STAND ALMOST,
HE HAS NO TAIL HARDLY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; FINAL ITERATION ; HUMOR ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABBBC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.440 |
Date learned: 09-12-1965
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC "LUCY"
LUCY MET THE TRAIN
THE TRAIN MET LUCY
THE TRACK WAS JUICY
THE JUICE WAS LUCY
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; EUPHEMISM ; FEMININE RHYME ; FINAL ITERATION ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABBC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
I HAD A GOOD JOB AND I QUIT
HIP HIP, HIP HIP
I HAD A GOOD JOB AND I QUIT
FIRST THEY FIRED ME,
THEN THEY FIRED ME,
THEN I GOT MAD AND I QUIT.
Submitter comment: HE HEARD IT IN HIGH SCHOOL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RICHMOND
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; ITERATION ; NARRATIVE VERSE ; RHYME: ABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
JACK-BE-NIMBLE
JACK BE NIMBLE
JACK BE QUICK
JACK JUMPED OVER THE CANDLE STICK
AND BURNED ALL THE HAIR ON HIS LEGS.
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; PARODY ; RHYME: ABBC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
CHILDREN,S RHYME
SPRING HAS SPRUNGED,
THE GRASS HAS WHIZZED.
I WONDER WHERE THE BIRDIES IS?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): IMPERFECT RHYME ; RHYME: ABB ; SPRING IS SPRUNG VARIANT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
AUTOGRAPH ENTRY
BUTTER IS FAT
AND SO IS CHEESE.
HOW ABOUT A HUG OR A SQUEEZE?
Submitter comment: FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FOOD ; PROPOSITION ; RHYME: ABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
LOVE
DEAR LOUISE:
I LOVE YOU LITTLE
I LOVE YOU BIG
I LOVE YOU LIKE A LITTLE PIG.
I DON'T MEAN PIG I MEAN WIG.
Data entry tech comment: ANY NAME COULD BE SUBSTITUTED INSTEAD OF LOUISE.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABBB
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; INITIAL ITERATI6N
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
I WISH YOU LUCK,
I WISH YOU JOY,
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY.
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL,
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRTH ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABBCC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
CHOOSE NOT YOUR FRIENDS
FROM OUTER SHOW --
FOR FEATHERS FLOW
AND PEARLS LIE LOW.
Where learned: KANSAS ; HUDSON
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; RHYME: ABBB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Z210 |
Date learned: 00-00-1933