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TINY TIM SONG
I HAD A LITTLE BABY HIS NAME WAS TINY TIM.
I PUT HIM IN THE BATH-TUB TO TEACH HOW TO SWIM.
HE DRUNK UP ALL THE WATER, AND ATE UP ALL THE SOAP,
NOW EVERYTIME HE TALKS THERE,S A BUBBLE IN HIS THROAT.
Submitter comment:
I USED TO SING THIS SONG WHEN I WAS IN THE BATH-TUB DOWN SOUTH.
BATHTUB VERSE.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
FIVE LITTLE PUMPKINS SITTING ON THE FENCE
THE FIRST ONE SAID, OH MY, IT,S GETTING LATE,
THE SECOND ONE SAID, THERE ARE WITCHES IN THE AIR.
THE THIRD ONE SAID, OH, WE DON'T CARE,
THE FOURTH ONE SAID, LET'S RUN AND RUN.
THE FIFTH ONE SAID, I'M READY FOR SOME FUN.
HOOH, WENT THE WIND AND OUT WENT THE LIGHTS,
AND THE FIVE LITTLE PUPMKINS ROLLED OUT OF SIGHT.
ROLLED OUT OF SIGHT. REPEAT.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
SOUP DE SOUP
WAY DOWN YONDER;
SOUP DE SOUP.
WHERE THE WHITE FOLKS LIVE;
SOUP DE SOUP.
TRY'IN TO MAKE A MESS
SOUP DE SOUP
THE BISCUITS ARE HOT;
SOUP DE SOUP.
AND THE CORNBREAD IS COLD;
SOUP DE SOUP.
THANK GOOD ALMIGHTY
SOUP DE SOUP.
JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE.
SOUP DE SOUP.
Submitter comment: WE SANG THIS SONG JUST TO PASS THE TIME OF DAY.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Emotion |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
RAIN RAIN GO AWAY
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY,
PLEASE COME BACK ANOTHER DAY.
LITTLE JOHNNY WANTS TO PLAY. REPEAT THE STANZA.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
OLD MARY MACK ; OLD MARY MACK, MACK, MACK,
ALL DRESSED IN BLACK, BLACK, BLACK,
WITH HER SILVERY BUTTONS, BUTTONS, BUTTONS,
UP AND DOWN HER BACK, BACK, BACK,
I ASKED MY MOTHER, MOTHER, MOTHER,
FOR FIFTEEN CENTS, CENTS, CENTS,
TO SEE THE ELEPHANT, ELEPHANT, ELEPHANT.
WHO JUMPED THE FENCE, FENCE, FENCE,
AND HE JUMPED SO HIGH, HIGH, HIGH,
TIL HE TOUCHED THE SKY, SKY, SKY,
AND HE NEVER CAME BACK, BACK, BACK
TIL THE FOURTH OF JULY, LY, LY,
TIL THE FOURTH OF JULY.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
SIMON SAYS (GAME)
WHENEVER SIMON TELLS YOU TO DO SOMETHING YOU MUST SAY MAY I. IF
YOU FORGET TO SAY, MAY I, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR PLACE WHERE
YOU BEGAN AT. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO
SIMON SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE HIS PLACE, THEN YOU BECOME SIMON.
Submitter comment:
WE USED TO PLAY THIS GAME LATE AT NIGHT IN THE SUMMERTIME AFTER MY
MOTHER SAID STAY IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
SHORTENING BREAD
TWO LITTLE BOYS SICK IN THE BED.
ONE JUMPED UP AND BUMPED HIS HEAD.
HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR.
DOCTOR SAID:
TAKE HIM HOME AND GIVE HIM SOME SHORTENING BREAD.
Submitter comment:
THESE ARE RHYMES STATING WHAT CHILDREN WOULD DO IN ORDER TO GET SOME
BREAD.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
PETER PIPER
PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS, IF PETER PIPER
PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS.
WHERE DID PETER PIPER GET THE PECK OF PICKLED PEPPER THAT PETER
PIPER PICKED?
Submitter comment: WE USED THESE TONGUE TWISTERS DOWN SOUTH IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS
SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS DOWN BY THE SEA SHORE, TO SICK SAILOR AND
SHELL SHOCKED SOLDIERS.
Submitter comment: WE USED THESE TONGUE TWISTERS DOWN SOUTH IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS MADE OF?
LITTLE BOYS ARE MADE OF SNAKES AND SNAILS AND PUPPY DOGS TAILS.
LITTLE GIRLS ARE MADE OF SUGAR AND SPICE AND EVERYTHING NICE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD SAYING.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLET ARE BLUE
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLET ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET AND SO ARE YOU.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD SAYING.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
OLD SAYING
HARD HEAD MAKES A SOFT BEHIND.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS, IF YOUR MOTHER TELLS YOU NOT TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU DO
IT ANYWAY (HARD HEAD) YOU MAY BE PUNISHED BY GETTING A WHIPPING
(WHICH IN TURN MAKES A SOFT BEHIND).
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
LITTLE SALLY WALKER
LITTLE SALLY WALKER, SITTING IN A SAUCER,
RISE, SALLY RISE,
YOU GONNA WIPE YOUR WEEPING EYES,
PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HIPS AND LET YOUR BACKBONE SLIP,
ALL SHAKE IT TO THE EAST,
ALL SHAKE IT TO THE WEST,
ALL SHAKE IT TO THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE THE BEST.
Submitter comment:
WE USED TO SING AND PLAY THIS GAME AT RECESS, DOWN SOUTH AFTER LUNCH
THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS PICK YOUR BEST FRIEND OR BOYFRIEND IF HE
IS PLAYING. YOU WOULD HAVE A GROUP OF CHILDREN IN A CIRCLE, AND A
PERSON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE WHO WOULD SHAKE THEIR HIPS TO
THE EAST AND WEST AND THEN PICK THE PERSON THEY LOVED THE BEST.
HE OR SHE WOULD GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE, AND THIS WOULD
REPEAT ITSELF.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MERIDIAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 09-00-1960
OLD LADY WITCH
OLD LADY WITCH, SHE FELL IN A DITCH,
SHE FOUND HER A PENNY, AND THOUGHT SHE WAS RICH.
THE OLD LADY WITCH FOUNDED THE PENNY IN THE DITCH,
BUT SHE NEVER, NEVER, BECAME RICH.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MONROE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
IF YOU LOOK OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER WHILE IT'S RAINING
YOU WILL SEE A DEAD PERSON.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; MONROE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |