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TO KEEP MY FRIENDS,
IS MY DELIGHT.
SO IN THIS BOOK,
I PRAY YOU'LL WRITE.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA ; NEKOMA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
Proverb
If you don't have it in your head, you've got to have it in your feet.
Submitter comment:
While living in North Dakota, the informant heard this from his father.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH DAKOTA ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; FEET ; HEAD ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
JUMP ROPE RHYMES
GENEVA HAD A BABY, HIS NAME WAS JIM
SHE PUT HIM IN THE BATHTUB TO TEACH HIM HOW TO SWIM
HE DRANK A GALLON OF WATER AND ATE A BAR OF SOAP
NOW GENEVA'S BABY KNOWS HOW TO FLOAT.
FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER,
FLOATING DOWN THE LAKE
NOW GENEVA'S BABY HAS A STOMACH ACHE.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
MY PAPA RUNS THE TRACTOR,
MY MAMA SPINS,
WHEN ITS TIME TO DO THE DISHES,
WE ALL JUMP IN.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
PARDON MY LATIN,
PARDON MY FRENCH,
ONE MORE MISTAKE AND YOU'LL SIT ON THE BENCH!
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
ARE YOU LAZY?
ARE YOU TIRED?
GET UP AND GO OR
YOU'LL GET FIRED}
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
2Y'S U R
2 Y'S U B
I C U R
2 Y'S 4 ME
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
James Callow Keyword(s): DIGITAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.326 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C930 C930.328 |
YOU TAKE THE NECK FROM SOME OLD BOTTLE,
YOU TAKE THE ARM OFF SOME OLD CHAIR.
YOU TAKE THE LEGS OFF SOME OLD TABLE,
AND FROM A HORSE YOU TAKE SOME HAIR.
AND THEN YOU PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER,
WITH A LITTLE PASTE AND GLUE.
AND I'LL GET MORE LOVIN' FROM A GOSH DARN DUMMY,
THAN I'LL EVER GET FROM YOU.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1980