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SIGNATURES

YOURS TILL THE BELLY BUTTONS.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE ; PUN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 10-00-1967

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SIGNATURES

YOURS TILL WINDOWS HAVE PANES

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE ; PUN

James Callow Keyword(s): PAIN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL

THE HIGHER THE MOUNTAIN
THE COOLER THE BREEZE
THE YOUNGER THE COUPLE
THE TIGHTER THEY SQUEEZE

Submitter comment: AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1943

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB

James Callow Keyword(s): HUG

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 00-00-1943

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AUTOGRAPH VERSE

TULIPS IN THE GARDEN
TULIPS IN THE PARK
BUT THE TWO LIPS I LIKE BEST
ARE YOUR TWO LIPS IN THE DARK.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): ABCB ; FLOWERS ; PLAY ON WORDS ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 00-00-1956

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AUTOGRAPH ENTRY

GOD MADE APPLES.
GOD MADE TREES.
GOD MADE _____
FOR _____ TO SQUEEZE.

Submitter comment: TAKEN FROM BARBARA LEGOWSKI'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK. ENTRY DATED:
JUNE 6, 1965 KEPT IN DETROIT

Data entry tech comment: THE BLANK SPACES ARE FILLED IN WITH TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): FOOD ; RHYME: ABCB

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 06-00-1965

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CUSTOM

SALUTE THE COLORS WHEN BOARDING A SHIP.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: DATE NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR

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PROVERB

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE. IT'S THE WORST THINGS THAT ARE SO
EXPENSIVE.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): ECONOMICS

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-17-1965

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DRY MARCH AND WET MAY WILL BRING A FLOURISHING
HARVEST OF (RYE) GRAIN.
MARZEC SUCHU, A MOKRY MAJ-ZYTO JAKO GAJ. (POLISH ASSUMED)

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon
PROVERB -- Weather Proverb

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

AS DRUNK AS A SKUNK.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; DEFINITION

James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ; RHYME

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 10-17-1968

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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON

AS DEAD AS A DOORNAIL.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DEFINITION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 10-22-1968

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WHEN I WAS SINGLE,
MY POCKETS USED TO JINGLE.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults

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IF THIS BOOK YOU STEAL AWAY,
WHAT WILL YOU SAY ON JUDGEMENT DAY?

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults

Date learned: 10-20-1967

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IF BY CHANCE THIS BOOK SHOULD ROAM
BOX ITS EARS AND SEND IT HOME.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults

Date learned: 04-18-1960

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A LITTLE SPARK, A LITTLE COIL,
A LITTLE GAS, A LITTLE OIL,
A LITTLE TIN, A LITTLE BOARD,
PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND
YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE FORD.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: 00-00-1928

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WHEN YOU DIE IN TENNESSEE,
I'LL SHIP YOUR BODY CO.O.D.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: 00-00-1935

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I HAD A LITTLE MONKEY
I SENT HIM TO THE FARM
ALONG CAME A COPPER
AND SHOT HIM IN THE ARM.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): POLICE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: 00-00-1935

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YOUR MOTHER IS THE BUTCHER,
YOUR FATHER CUTS THE MEAT,
AND YOU'RE THE LITTLE WEENIE
THAT RUNS AROUND THE STREET.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): FRANKFURTER WIENER

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: 00-00-1935

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ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST,
IF IT WASN'T FOR MY ASS,
MY BELLY WOULD BUST.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: 11-29-1967

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TWO IN A HAMMOCK,
READY TO KISS,
WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THEY WENT LIKE THIS!

Submitter comment: THE WORD "THIS" IS WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: 00-00-1943

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MARY, MARY IN THE TUB,
MARY FORGOT TO PUT IN THE PLUG.
OH, MY GOODNESS, OH, MY SOUL,
THERE GOES MARY DOWN THE HOLE.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: 00-00-1943

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