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Your search for TOKYO returned 9 results.
COUNTING OUT
EENIE MEENIE, MINIE, MO,
CATCH A DONKEY BY THE TOE,
IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO,
OUT GOES Y-O-U.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, OR.
PROCEDURE: ONE PERSON DOES THE HAND HITTING. EACH
PLAYER PUTS BOTH HANDS IN FRONT OF HIM AND THE HAND
HITTER STARTS WITH THE PERSON ON HIS RIGHT, HITTING ONE
HAND FOR EACH COUNT. IF HE HITS ONE OF YOUR HANDS ON
"OR" THAT HAND IS PUT BEHIND YOUR BACK AND THE HITTER
BEGINS AGAIN WITH THE NEXT HAND. THE LAST PERSON TO
HAVE A HAND LEFT IN, IS "IT" FOR WHATEVER GAME THEY
PLAN TO PLAY.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
IN THE JAIL THEY GIVE YOU COFFEE,
IN THE JAIL THEY GIVE YOU TEA.
IN THE JAIL THEY GIVE YOU ANYTHING,
BUT THE "DOGGONE KEY"!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
DON'T KISS HIM ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP,
DON'T KISS HIM ON THE LEVEL,
BUT WHEN YOU GET HIM IN THE DARK,
KISS HIM LIKE THE DEVIL.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
TRUE FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS,
PRECIOUS AND RARE.
FALSE ONES LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES,
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
MAY YOU ALWAYS BE A DIAMOND,
A WILLING WORKER, AND A GOOD GIRL.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Exhortatory or homiletic, "to be a good girl" |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
THE PEOPLE ENDED THE GOLDEN SHIP
THE PEOPLE ENDED THE SILVER SHIP
THE PEOPLE ENDED THE RUBY SHIP
BUT DON'T LET THEM END OUR FRIENDSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN YOU GROW UP AND GET OUT OF SHAPE,
REMEMBER THAT GIRDLES ARE $2.98.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN YOU GROW UP, AND THINK YOU'RE SWEET,
TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES AND SMELL YOUR FEET!!!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
APPRECIATION OF FRIENDS
IT IS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES,
HOW SWEET AND SOUR OUR LIVES CAN BE.
BUT IF WE COULD LOVE AS WELL AS WE HATE,
WHAT FEW TROUBLES WOULD BE LEFT TO SEE.
FOR JOYS WOULD RESULT WITH NO SORROWS FELT,
THUS LEAVING OUR HEARTS SO EASY TO MELT.
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; FREE VERSE ; HATE ; INFORMATIVE ; LOVE ; METAPHOR ; RHYME: ABCBEE ; SERIOUSNESS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00-00-1959