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(FIRST NAME) NOW,
(FIRST NAME) FOREVER
(PERSON'S LAST NAME) NOW,
BUT NOT FOREVER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE FORTY-EIGHT,
DON'T CALL IT A FAMILY, CALL IT A STATE.
Submitter comment: ST. HYACINTH GRADE SCHOOL
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED,
I WISH YOU A BABY BOY.
AND WHEN HIS HAIR IS CURLY
I WISH YOU A BABY GIRL.
AND WHEN HER HAIR IS STRAIGHT AS PINS,
I WISH YOU A PAIR OF TWINS.
Submitter comment: SHE NOW LIVES AT 1644 E. JARVIS, HAZEL PARK, MICH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND LIVE IN A TREE,
SEND ME A COCOANUT C. O. D.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND LIVE ON A FARM,
SEND ME A PICTURE
OF YOUR NEW BARN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
IF YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO ME FOR SAFETY PINS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
TWO IN A CAR
TWO LITTLE KISSES
TWO WEEKS LATER
MR. & MRS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWENTY FIVE
DON'T CALL THEM A FAMILY, CALL THEM A TRIBE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 04-18-1960
I WISH YOU LUCK, I WISH YOU JOY,
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY,
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL,
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL,
AND WHEN HER HAIR IS UP IN PINS,
I WISH YOU THEN A SET OF TWINS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 04-18-1960
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE 42,
DON'T CALL IT A FAMILY, CALL IT A ZOO.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND YOUR HUSBAND GETS CROSS
PICK UP THE BROOM AND SAY "I AM BOSS."
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWINS
DON'T COME TO MY HOUSE FOR SAFETY PINS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A SHACK,
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO PEEK THROUGH A CRACK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
WHEN CUPID SHOOTS HIW BOW AND ARROW
I HOPE HE MISSES (MRS.) YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1928
I WISH YOU HEALTH
I WISH YOU WEALTH
I WISH YOU GOLD IN STORE
I WISH YOU A HOME IN HEAVEN
HOW COULD I WISH YOU MORE?
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
MAY DAME FORTUNE
EVER SMILE ON YOU
BUT NEVER HER DAUGHTER
MISS FORTUNE
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
WHEN YOU ARE SICK AND GOING TO DIE,
CALL ME UP AND I WILL CRY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU CAN'T BE A GALAXY
THEN BE A STAR.
BUT BE THE BEST
WHATEVER YOU ARE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MAY YOUR JOYS BE AS LONG AS THE BUNNY'S EARS,
AND YOUR SORROWS AS LONG AS HIS TAIL!
Submitter comment:
CHOSEN BECAUSE OF ITS RECURRENCE, PROBABLY
A FOLK-VERSE.
(SIGNED) VIRG. WISCHER AT WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL IN
DETROIT
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
TO A FRIEND,
FROM A FRIEND,
WHO'S A FRIEND,
OF A FRIEND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |