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VERSE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THE NIGHT WAS DARK, THE SKY WAS BLUE, AROUND THE CORNER A WAGON FLEW.
A SHOT WAS FIRED, A SCREAM WAS HEARD, AND A MAN WAS HIT BY A FLYING TURD.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE IS CURRENTLY GOING AROUND CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AABB ; SCATALOGICAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 09-20-72
TALE
ONCE, A MAN AND WOMAN GOT MARRIED. THE WIFE ALWAYS WORE
A BLACK CHOKER AROUND
HER NECK. AFTER A WHILE, THE HUSBAND GOT SICK OF SEEING THE
CHOKER AND ASKED HER TO TAKE IT OFF, BUT SHE WOULD NOT. SO ONE NIGHT
WHILE SHE WAS ASLEEP, THE MAN WENT OVER TO HIS WIFE AND CUT THE
CHOKER WITH A SCISSORS AND THE WOMAN'S HEAD FELL OFF.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
PARODY
MY COUNTRY'S SICK OF ME,
I'M GOING TO GERMANY TO SEE THE KING.
MY FATHER WAS A SPY, CAUGHT BY THE F.B.I.,
AND HE WAS HUNG BY HIS GRAY NECKTIE.
Submitter comment: SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE".
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
VERSE
FATHER MOSES KILLED A SKUNK, MOTHER MOSES COOKED THE SKUNK,
BABY MOSES ATE THE SKUNK, HOLY MOSES! HOW THEY STUNK!
Submitter comment:
THIS ENTRY INTO THE INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK WAS SIGNED BY CONNIE
KEYSE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AAAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
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VERSE
NEVER KISS BOYS WITH EYES OF BROWN,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND LET YOU DOWN.
BUT OH! THOSE BOYS WITH EYES OF BLUE,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND ASK FOR TWO.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE WAS WRITTEN IN MY MOTHER'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK FROM NICHOLS
SCHOOL ON BURNS AND GOETHE IN INDIAN VILLAGE IN 1944.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE WARNING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
VERSE
WHEN YOU SEE A MONKEY IN A TREE, PULL ITS TAIL AND THINK OF ME.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN FROM THE INFORMANT'S EIGHTH GRADE AUTOGRAPH BOOK
FROM NICHOLS SCHOOL IN DETROIT IN JUNE, 1944.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
VERSE
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A FLAT, SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR
LITTLE BRAT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; SLANG FOR CHILD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 09-09-1972
VERSE
WHEN I CLIMBED UP AND DOWN A PINE, I TORE MY PANTS RIGHT BEHIND.
I ASKED/ MY MOTHER IF SHE'D BE KIND AND SEW MY PANTS UP BEHIND.
Submitter comment: THIS VERSE WAS ALSO TAKEN FROM THE INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
VERSE
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED AND ARE DOING THE DISHES, THINK OF ME AND
MY GOOD WISHES.
Submitter comment:
"VIRGINIA VERBEKE" IS THE NAME SIGNED UNDER THIS ENTRY IN THE
INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
VERSE
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND OUT OF SHAPE. REMEMBER CORSETS...$4.98.
Submitter comment:
"DOLLY HALSIG" IS THE NAME SIGNED UNDER THIS ENTRY
ON THE INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): OLD AGE ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
VERSE
WHEN YOU ARE STANDING ON A STUMP, THINK OF ME BEFORE YOU JUMP.
Submitter comment:
THIS PIECE OF ADVICE WAS FOUND IN THE INFORMANT'S 8TH GRADE AUTOGRAPH
{BOOK}
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
VERSE
YOUR HEART IS NOT A PLAYGROUND,
YOUR HEART IS NOT A TOY,
BUT IF YOU WANT IT BROKEN,
JUST GIVE IT TO A BOY.
WANT IT BROKEN, JUST GIVE IT TO A BOY.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN FROM AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK BELONGING TO THE
INFORMANT,
WHO IS MY MOTHER. THIS SAME VERSE WAS FOUND THREE TIMES IN THE
BOOK, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN A POPULAR VERSE WITH THE EIGHTH GRADE
AT NICHOLS SCHOOL IN DETROIT, JUNE 1944.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
EXPECTANT MOTHERS
IT IS A SICILIAN CUSTOM THAT EXPECTANT MOTHERS MUST EAT EVERY
FOOD THEY
HAVE A CRAVING FOR WHILE THEY ARE PREGNANT. IF THEY DO NOT EAT
WHAT
T THEY DESIRE THEY SHOULD NOT TOUCH ANY PART OF THEIR BODY. TO DO SO
MEANS THAT THE BABY WILL BE BORN WITH A SCAR OR DISCOLORATION IN THE
PLACE WHERE THE MOTHER TOUCHED HER BODY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMT EXPERIENCED THIS WHEN SHE WAS HAVING HER FIRST CHILD AN
AND
D HER SICILIAN MOTHER IN LAW MADE HER EAT A BOWL OF STRAWBERRIES.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 09-08-1972
LIGHTNING BUG
IF YOU CATCH A LIGHTNING BUG
YOU CAN MAKE A WISH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE REMEMBERS
THIS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; FERNDALE ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SHOUT ( SONG )
HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SHOUT
TWELVE MORE DAYS TILL WE GET OUT
TWELVE MORE DAYS TILL WE CAN TELL
U OF D TO GO TO HELL
NO MORE BOOKS AND NO MORE THINKING
WE'LL GO BACK TO SEX AND DRINKING
TWELVE MORE DAYS TILL WE GET OUT .
Submitter comment: ( SUNG TO THE TUNE OF " HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING " )
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): PARODY OF A CRISTMAS CAROL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- FI22 |
MY AUNT ESTER WAS SUPERSTITIOUS. A WOMAN USED TO COME OVER
TO TELL HER ABOUT SOME MAN THAT THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH.
HE HAD BEEN THERE AND WENT AWAY.
THEY DID NOT KNOW WHERE HE WAS.
HE LEFT HIS HAT AT THIS WOMANS HOUSE.
SHE TOOK THE HAT PUT IT IN WATER AND BOILED AND BOILED IT.
THE MAN RETURNED FOR HIS HAT QUICKLY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THIS CONTAGIOUS TYPE OF
MAGIC OR ANY OTHER KIND OF MAGIC.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PUCKER SOUND IS MADE WHEN MAKING SOUP
SO THAT THE EGG IN IT WILL NOT CURDLE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
BELIEF
THE MALTESE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR
HOUSE BLESSED AT EASTERTIME BY A
CLERGYMAN THIS WILL WARD OFF
THE EVIL SPIRITS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-06-1972