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SONG
LITTLE SALLY WATER
SITTING IN A SAUCER
CRY SALLY CRY
POINT TO THE EAST
POINT TO THE WEST
POINT TO THE VERY ONE
THAT YOU LOVE THE BEST.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
WHO ARE WE FOR
(FITZGUALD THAT'S WHO)
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT
WHO DO WE HATE
(NAME OPPOSING TEAM)
Submitter comment: FOOTBALL VERSE OR ANY OTHER GAME.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
GAME VERSE
ONE FOR THE MONEY,
TWO FOR THE SHOW
THREE TO GET READY,
AND FOUR TO GO.
Submitter comment: IN A RACE, THIS IS SAID AS A CUE TO START.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
MAN
ASHES TO ASHES
DUST TO DUST
IF IT WASN'T FOR BOYS
GIRLS LIPS WOULD RUST.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
RETORTS
SEE MY FINGER?
SEE MY THUMB?
SEE MY FIST?
YOU'D BETTER RUN
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): TAUNT THREAT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
JUMP ROPE RHYME - TEDDY BEAR
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR TURN AROUND,
TEDDYBEAR, TEDDY BEAR TOUCH THE GROUND,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR SHINE YOUR SHOE,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment:
WE OFTEN CHANTED THIS WHILE THE JUMPER WENT THROUGH THE MOTION
IN THE VERSE
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COMMAND QUATRAIN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
GRAFFITI
GIRLS SHOULD BE OBSCENE, AND NOT HEARD.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): GRAFFITI
James Callow Keyword(s): SEEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
GEORGE
GEORGIE PORGIE, PUDDNIN' PIE,
KISSED THE GIRLS AND MADE THEM CRY.
DAN
DAN, DAN, THE DIRTY OLD MAN,
WASHED HIS FACE IN A FRYIN' PAN.
DAVID
DAVIE, DAVIE, FIE FOR SHAME,
KISSED THE GIRLS IN A RAILWAY TRAIN.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): TAUNT RIDICULE OF A NAME
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech C870.582 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PATTYCAKE SONG
MARY MACK, MACK, MACK,
ALL DRESSED IN BLACK, BLACK, BLACK,
WITH SILVER BUTTONS, BUTTONS, BUTTONS,
DOWN HER BACK, BACK, BACK.
SHE ASKED HER MOTHER, MOTHER, MOTHER,
FOR FIFTY CENTS, CENTS, CENTS,
TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS, ELEPHANTS, ELEPHANTS,
JUMP THE FENCE, FENCE, FENCE,
THEY JUMPED SO HIGH, HIGH, HIGH,
THEY REACHED THE SKY, SKY, SKY.
THEY DIDN'T COME BACK, BACK, BACK,
TILL THE FOURTH OF JULY, JULY, JULY.
Submitter comment:
WHEN ASKED BY THE INSTRUCTOR IF THIS WAS A SONG, THE COLLECTOR SAID
YES, BUT WITH PATTYCAKE MOTIONS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
GOOD SILVER, GOOD MEAT,
GOOD GOD, LET'S EAT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PARODY HUMOR BLESSING
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
LEGEND OF ST. LAWRENCE
IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHILE ST. LAWRENCE WAS LITERALLY BEING BURNED ON
A RED HOT GRILL FOR HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH, HE SAID TO ONE OF THE
SOLDIERS, WHO WAS WATCHING HIM ROAST, "PLEASE, TURN ME OVER FOR I'M
DONE ON THIS SIDE."
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): BRAVERY ; ENDURANCE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
MYSTERIOUS STREET
STRASBURG AVENUE, LOCATED IN FRONT OF VON STEUBEN JR. HIGH SCHOOL
ON THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT, IS CLAIMED TO BE THE SITE OF AN AUTO
ACCIDENT WHICH KILLED A YOUNG GIRL. THE GIRL SUPPOSEDLY KNOCKS ON TH
CARS AS THEY DRIVE OVER IT AS A WARNING. SHE WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
CARRIED ALONG BY A DRIVER WHO DIDN'T HEAR HER POUNDING ON THE SIDE
OF THE CAR.
Submitter comment:
AN ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT TO ONE OF
DETROIT'S NEWPAPERS ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO ON THIS SUBJECT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): GHOSTS ; PLACE NAMES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LYNDEN BANES JOHNSON HAS ONLY ORDERED A GRAVE FOR THREE DAYS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): GHOSTS ; PRESIDENTS (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
James Callow Keyword(s): CONFIDENCE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
ERIEVIEW CONSTRUCTION WORKER
A FEW YEARS BACK THE CITY OF CLEVELAND WAS CONSTRUCTING AN URBAN
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CALLED ERIEVIEW. THE PROJECT HAD BEEN BESET BY A
NUMBER OF STUMBLING BLOCKS FROM FINANCING TO RACIAL TROUBLE.
ONE WINDY DAY A WORKER FELL FROM ONE OF THE UPPER-MOST FLOORS TO HIS
DEATH. AS A LASTING REMEMBERANCE, HIS WORKERS ON THE LOWER FLOORS
QUOTED HIM AS SAYING, AS HE FLEW BY "OH, SHIT"
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTICLIMAX ; OHIO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
ANOTHER NUN'S STORY
ONE DAY A VERY YOUNG SISTER WAS TEACHING IN HER NEW FIRST GRADE ROOM
ONE OF THE LITTLE BOYS IN HER ROOM CAME TO HER DESK AND SAID THAT HE
DID NOT FEEL WELL. SISTER TOLD HIM TO RETURN TO HIS PLACE AND
PERHAPS HE MIGHT FEEL BETTER IN A FEW MINUTES. A FEW MINUTES LATER
THE LITTLE BOY RETURNED TO THE DESK AND SAID THAT HE WAS STILL SICK.
HE HAD A "TUMMY ACHE." SISTER ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW WHERE THE
PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE WAS. THE BOY SAID THAT HE DID AND WAS SENT TO SE
THE PRINCIPAL. MM
SISTER HAPPENED TO TURN AROUND A FEW MINUTES LATER AND SEE THE SAME
BOY SEATED IN HIS SEAT WITH HIS SHIRT UNBUTTONED. QUICKLY SHE WENT
OVER TO HIM AND ASKED IF HE HAD GONE TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE. HE
SAID THAT HE HAD AND THAT SHE TOLD HIM TO STICK IT OUT UNTIL LUNCH
TIME.
Data entry tech comment:
KEYPUNCHER CHANGED THE SPELLING OF PRINCIPLE TO PRINCIPAL.
TUMMY ACHE AND STICK IT WERE UNDERLINED.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PLAYING SICK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
THE DOMINICAN, FRANCISCAN, AND THE JESUIT
A DOMINICAN, A FRANCISCAN, AND A JESUIT WERE WALKING IN HEAVEN AND
SAW THE HOLY FAMILY COMING.
"MARY" SAID THE DOMINICAN, "I'VE ALWAYS WORSHIPPED YOU, YOU ARE
MY IDOL."
"JOSEPH," SAID THE FRANCISCAN, "YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY IDOL."
THE JESUIT WAS A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK BY HIS COMPANIONS' DISPLAY
OF EMOTION. BUT HE DID ASK JOSEPH: "WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO SEND
YOUR KID TO SCHOOL?"
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM A FRIEND
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PRIESTLY ORDERS HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
I HAD A TEACHER SO OLD HER MOTHER SERVED THE LAST SUPPER.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HUMOR AGE
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
SWIFTIES
I ALWAYS GOT GOOD GRADES, SHE SAID BRIGHTLY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-00-1968 ; 10-00-1968
PROVERB
THE IDEAL INCOME IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY AND EXPENSES.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-24-1965