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WAY DOWN SOUTH WHERE THE ORANGES GROW
YOU STEPPED ON AN ELEPHANT'S TOE.
THE ELEPHANT SAID, WITH A TEAR IN HIS EYE,
PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
I SEE YOU IN THE OCEAN,
I SEE YOU IN THE SEA,
I SEE YOU IN THE BATHTUB,
OOPS PARDON ME.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
I WRITE ON WHITE
BECAUSE YOUR (SIC) BRIGHT.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
I WRITE ON PINK
BECAUSE YOU STINK.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
RIDDLE
Q: NOT AND SHOT FOUGHT A DUEL. NOT WAS SHOT AND SHOT WAS NOT. NOW
WOULD YOU RATHER BE SHOT OR NOT?
A: SHOT - FOR NOT WAS SHOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; LITERAL NONOPPOSITIONAL ; PERSONS (A) ; PERSONS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
WHEN YOU GET OLD AND THINK YOUR (SIC) SWEET
TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES AND SMELL YOUR FEET.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
YOU'VE GOT A NOSE LIKE A B-52 (BOMBER PLANE)
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
I LOVE YOU LIKE A BOTTLE OF GLUE.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
I LOVE STEW, BETTER THAN YOU.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
STORY ABOUT A WAKE
IN THE OLDEN DAYS THEY DIDN'T EMBALM BODIES BUT JUST PUT THEM
IN A CASKET AND THEN BURIED IT. MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS STORY.
AT A WAKE EVERYONE FELL ASLEEP. THIEVES CAME IN AND TRIED TO
STEAL THE RINGS FROM THE HAND OF THE CORPSE, BUT COULDN'T GET
THEM OFF, SO THEY CUT HER FINGER OFF. WHEN THEY DID THIS, SHE
CAME TO LIFE AND SAT UP. SHE HAD ONLY BEEN IN A COMA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
I'D LIKE TO PLAY PATTY CAKE WITH YOU.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
ROSES ARE RED, STEMS ARE GREEN,
YOUR MOUTH GOES LIKE A SEWING MACHINE.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
ROSES ARE RED, AND LILIES ARE WHITE,
I LIKE YOU, MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
ROSES ARE PURPLE, VIOLETS ARE RED,
IF YOU BELIEVE THIS, YOU'RE SICK IN THE HEAD!
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 06-00-1961
ROSES ARE BLUE, VIOLETS ARE RED,
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
TWO IN A HAMMOCK
READY TO KISS
ALL OF A SUDDEN
IT WENT LIKE THIS.
James Callow comment: BOTTOM LINE WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
WHEN YOU GET OLD AND YOUR DRESS TURNS PURPLE,
REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO WROTE IN A CIRCLE.
James Callow comment: THIS VERSE WRITTEN IN A CIRCULAR FASHION,
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
(FIRST NAME) FOR NOW,
(FIRST NAME) FOREVER,
(LAST NAME) FOR NOW,
BUT NOT FOREVER.
DOLSEN, MICHAEL
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
2 IN A CAR
2 LITTLE KISSES
LINE OF UNDERLINING
4 WEEKS LATER MR. AND MRS.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A FLAT,
SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR LITTLE BRAT.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1958