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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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GLORY, GLORY, ALLELUIA
TEACHER HIT ME WITH A RULER,
SO I HID BEHIND THE DOOR
WITH A LOADED 44,
AND SHE WON'T BOTHER ME ANY MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): VIOLENCE PARODY: GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING UP CLOTHES.
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN HER BIG NOSE.
YOUR MOTHER WENT DOWNTOWN TO SEE THE BIG CLOWN./
SHE SCREAMED SO LOUD THAT THE POLICE CAME 'ROUND.
POLICE, POLICE, DON'T TAKE ME,
TAKE THE MAN BEHIND THE TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): VIOLENCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1974
(sung to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic")
Glory, glory, halleluia
Teacher hit me with a ruler.
So I hit her in the bean
With a rotten tangerine
And that's the end of school!
Submitter comment:
I learned this same song in Cincinnati, Ohio during the
1950's, and when I asked people to recall the silly
school songs of their youth, this was usually the first one
they would sing.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; SKOKIE
Keyword(s): parody, humor, mock violence
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00001950S
SHE CAN RAISE ENOUGH HELL FOR TEN PEOPLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): VIOLENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Expression
To beat the tar out of someone means to beat them up
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ;
Keyword(s): Beat ; EUPHEMISM ; Expression ; Injure ; Language ; Saying ; Tar ; VIOLENCE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, THE DEVIL IS BEATING
HIS WIFE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; Domestic Violence ; METAPHOR ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-15-1972