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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Street Vendor
Roses are red and daisies are yellow
Buy a candy bar and tell the other fellow--
Candy bars!!
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and same residence.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 2101 Belmont Blvd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Cries of street vendor |
Old fishermen don't die--
They just smell that way.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 2101 Belmont Blvd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit |
Cigarettes, whiskey and wild wild women
They'll drive you crazy--
They'll drive you insane!
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 2101 Belmont Blvd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Cinderella dressed in yellow
Went upstairs to see her fellow
How many kisses did she get?
Then count (1,2,3. . .) and whatever number the jumper reaches is the amount of kisses she received.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 2101 Belmont Blvd.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Blood's thicker than water.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and residence.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 2101 Belmont Blvd.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Make hay while the sun shines.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 2101 Belmont Blvd.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |