The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN
YOU WILL LIKELY VIEW
MANY FOLKS WHOSE PRESENCE THERE
WILL BE A SHOCK TO YOU.

BUT, KEEP VERY QUIET,
DO NOT EVEN STARE.
DOUBTLESS THERE'LL BE MANY FOLKS
SURPRISED TO SEE YOU THERE.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE HEARD THIS AT AN EASTERN STAR CONVENTION IN
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AROUND 1959. SHE CONSIDERED IT SO CLEVER THAT SHE
MEMORIZED IT.

Data entry tech comment: KEYPUNCHER HAS DIVIDED THIS POEM INTO STANZAS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB

Date learned: 10-27-1971 ; 02-20-1970