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FOLK VERSE (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
MAY YOUR JOYS BE AS DEEP AS THE OCEAN
AND YOUR SORROWS AS LIGHT AS ITS FOAM.
Submitter comment: MINNIE LORENZ WROTE THIS IN INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
Keyword(s): RHYME: AA ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
LOVE FOR YOU SHALL NEVER FAIL,
AS LONG AS PUSSY HAS HER TAIL.
Submitter comment: INEZ LOFF WROTE THIS IN INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
MAY YOU GO THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT A SLIP
LIKE A BOB-TAILED SQUIRREL
ON A SLIPPERY CHIP
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE BY THE LAKE,
PLEASE SEND ME A PIECE OF YOUR WEDDING CAKE.
Submitter comment:
MICHAEL WILHELMI SIGNED THIS IN INFORMANTS'
AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1932, N. DAKOTA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH DAKOTA ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
LIFE IS LONG AND BOYS ARE PLENTY
DON'T GET MARRIED TIL YOUR TWENTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH DAKOTA ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-00-1965 ; 00-00-1932
WHEN YOU GET OLD AND CANNOT SEE
PUT ON YOUR SPECKS AND THINK OF ME.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
James Callow Keyword(s): SPECTACLES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
WHEN TWILIGHT DROPS HER CURTAIN
AND PINS IT WITH A STAR,
REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE A FRIEND,
THOUGH SHE MAY WONDER FAR.
(SIGNED) LIZZIE WILHELMI
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO BE PLEASANT
WHEN LIFE FLOATS ALONG LIKE A SONG,
BUT THE GIRL WORTH WHILE
IS THE GIRL THAT CAN SMILE,
WHEN EVERYTHING GOES DEAD WRONG.
(SIGNED) STANLEY PETRI
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
WHEN ON THE EARTH YOUR DAYS ARE ENDED,
AND NO MORE THIS PATH YOU TROD,
MAY YOUR NAME IN GOLD BE WRITTEN
IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH DAKOTA ; NEKOMA ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Pious reflection |
FOLK VERSE (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; GOOD WISHES (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
MAY YOUR JOYS BE AS DEEP AS THE OCEAN
AND YOUR SORROWS AS LIGHT AS ITS FOAM.
Submitter comment: MINNIE LORENZ WROTE THIS IN INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
Keyword(s): RHYME: AA ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE
WHEN THE LEAVES OF YOUR ALBUM
ARE YELLOW WITH AGE,
AND THE NAME I WROTE ON THIS PAGE IS DIM,
STILL THINK OF ME KINDLY AND DO NOT FORGET,
THAT WHEREVER I AM,
I REMEMBER YOU YET.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; INDIRECTION ; PROMISE OF REMEMBRANCE ; REMEMBRANCE ; SERIOUSNESS ; SINCERITY
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; INSTRUCTIONS ; METER: ANAPESTS ; METER: IAMBS ; RHYME:
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
FOR A COUGH OR COLD THE CHILD'S THROAT AND CHEST
WERE RUBBED WITH CAMPHORATED OIL. THEN THERE WAS
A DIRTY SOCK TIED AROUND THEIR NECK.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA ; LISBON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
"TROT, TROT TO BOSTON TO GET A LOAF OF BREAD.
TROT, TROT HOME AGAIN THE OLD GRAY HORSE IS DEAD."
THIS WAS SUNG WITH A BABY ON YOUR KNEES. YOU LIFTED
YOUR KNEES UP IN RHYTHM WITH THE VERSE. AT THE END
OF THE VERSE YOU LET THE BABY FALL BACKWARDS AND CATCH
HIM.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA ; LISBON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
SPRING TONIC
EVERY SPRING ALL THE CHILDREN WERE GIVEN A
PASTE THAT CONSISTED OF EQUAL PARTS OF GROUND
PRUNES, RAISINS, FIGS, AND SENNA. THIS WAS
DONE TO CLEAN THE BODY OUT FOR THE YEAR.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA ; LISBON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
LEMONADE
YOU START BY CHOOSING TWO TEAMS THAT HAVE
THREE OR MORE CHILDREN TO A TEAM. THEN YOU
CHOOSE AN AGREED-UPON MEDIUM THAT WILL SERVE
AS A DIVIDER BETWEEN THE TEAMS. ONE TEAM
IS CHOSEN TO BE "IT." THIS CAN BE DONE
BY FLIPPING A COIN OR GUESSING A COLOR.
THE "IT" TEAM THEN GATHERS TOGETHER AWAY FROM
THE OTHER TEAM AND DECIDES UPON A CHARADE THAT
THEY WILL PRESENT TO THE OTHER TEAM. THE CHARADE
MUST REPRESENT AN OCCUPATION OF SOME SORT. THEN
THE OTHER TEAM CHANTS, "LEMONADE, LEMONADE SHOW US
YOUR TRADE." THE "IT" TEAM ENACTS THEIR CHARADE.
IF SOMEONE ON THE OTHER TEAM GUESSES IT ALL OF THE
"IT" TEAM MEMBERS MUST TRY TO REACH A PRESET PLACE OF
SAFETY. IF THEY ARE CAUGHT THEY MUST JOIN THE OPPOSING
TEAM. THEN THE OPPOSITE TEAM ENACTS A CHARADE.
IF NO ONE GUESSES THE CHARADE THE CHARADERS DO
ANOTHER CHARADE.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA ; LISBON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
HAVE YOU SEEN MY BIRD TODAY?
PLAYERS SIT IN EITHER A ROW OR A CIRCLE. AN "IT"
IS CHOSEN. "IT" MENTALLY CHOOSES A COLOR AND THEN
PROCEEDS TO ASK A PLAYER, "HAVE YOU SEEN MY BIRD
TODAY?" THE PLAYER SAYS YES AND "IT" ASKS, "WHAT
COLOR WAS IT?" IF THE PLAYER ANSWERS WITH THE SAME
THAT "IT" HAD MENTALLY CHOSEN, "IT" EITHER THROWS A
HANDFUL OF GRASS OR A SMALL CUP OF WATER INTO THEIR
FACE (WHAT YOU WILL USE IS DICTATED BY THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS). IF THE PLAYER DOES NOT SAY THE SAME
COLOR THAT "IT" HAS CHOSEN, "IT" MUST ASK EACH
PLAYER UNTIL SOMEONE SAYS THE RIGHT COLOR. THAT
PLAYER THEN BECOMES "IT".
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA ; LISBON
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
GOD BLESS THE BAKER,
GOD BLESS THE COOK,
GOD PITY THE PERSON,
WHO STEALS THIS BOOK.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA ; NEKOMA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
LEAVES MAY WITHER;
FLOWERS MAY DIE;
FRIENDS MAY FORGET YOU,
BUT NEVER WILL I.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA ; NEKOMA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
IF THERE IS A FLY IN YOUR HOUSE ON JANUARY THE FIRST
YOU WILL HAVE A YEAR OF GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN NORTH DAKOTA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH DAKOTA ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
ONCE IN A WHILE I'M LONESOME,
TWICE IN A WHILE I'M SAD,
THRICE IN A WHILE I THINK OF YOUR SMILE;
IT MAKES ALL THE WORLD SEEM GLAD.
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA ; NEKOMA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00-00-1930