The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

FLORIDA GROWS ORANGES,
CALIFORNIA DOES TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
YOU KISSED HIM BY THE GARDEN GATE,
YOUR MOTHER HEARD THE SMACK.
SHE SAID YOU WERE A NAUGHTY GIRL,
AND MADE YOU GIVE IT BACK.

Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN MISS MATTHEWS' BOOK BY A SIXTH
GRADE CLASSMATE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00-00-1956