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KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)
LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance |
CHEER
UMBA SASSA, UMBA SASSA,
HIT 'EM IN DA HEAD WITH A BIG KILBASA.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED IN POLISH HIGH SCHOOL.
Data entry tech comment: KIELBASA=POLISH SAUSAGE
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): DIALECT, SLANG THREAT FOOD ; METER: TROCHAIC ; RHYME: FEMININE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
AIR FORCE CADENCE
D. I. : DELAYED CADENCE COUNT CADENCE COUNT.
T.: ONE
D. I.: GET YOUR HEAD UP (OR) A LITTLE LOUDER
T.: TWO
D. I.: GET YOUR SHOULDERS BACK (OR) A LITTLE LOUDER
T.: THREE
D. I.: GET YOUR CHEST OUT (OR) A LITTLE LOUDER
T.: FOUR
D. I.: GET YOUR STOMACH IN (OR A LITTLE LOUDER)
T.: ONE
D. I.: HEAD UP ETC.
T.: TWO
D. I.: CHEST OUT, ETC.
T.: THREE
D. I.: STOMACH IN, ETC., ETC.
Submitter comment: THE FORMAT ON THIS ISN'T VERY CLEAR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE ; RANTOUL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.349 |
AIR FORCE CADENCE
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW-OH
WHO-O WE AR-RE
SO-O WE TELL THEM
WE'RE MIGHTY MIGHTY DEL-TA
WE'RE MIGHTY MIGHTY DEL-TA
EACH LINE HAS "(ECHO)" WRITTEN AFTER IT
Submitter comment:
THIS CADENCE WAS CHANTED AS SQUADRON "D" CAME TO THE CHOW
LINE OR WERE RETURNING TO THE BARRACKS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE ; RANTOUL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.349 |
Date learned: 08-00-1966
AIR FORCE CADENCE
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD (ECHO)
THAT C. A. P. IS A FLYING CORP (ECHO)
SO WHAT THE HELL WE MARCHING FOR (ECHO)
Submitter comment:
C. A. P. (CIVIL AIR PATROL) WHICH IS AN AUXILIARY OF THE
AIR FORCE THAT PERFORMS SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
FOR THE AIR FORCE AND THE F. A. A. INSIDE THE UNITED
STATES.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE ; RANTOUL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.349 |
Date learned: 08-00-1966
AIR FORCE CADENCE
CAN'T STOP, GOTTA GO (ECHO)
AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY (ECHO)
D. I.: HOW FAR
T: ALL THE WAY
D.I.: WHICH WAY
T: AIRBORNE
Submitter comment: CHANTED AT A FAST JOG
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE ; RANTOUL ; NEVADA ; STEAD AIR FORCE BASE ; RENO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.349 |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
MICKEY MOUSE BUILT A HOUSE,
HOW MANY BRICKS DID HE USE?
Submitter comment:
WE USED TO USE THIS VERSE TO DETERMINE WHO WOULD BE
IT FOR A GAME BY COUNTING THE PLAYER'S FEET.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; SKOKIE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
ACABAKA SODA CRAKA ACABAKA BOO;
ACABAKA SODA CRAKA OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED AS A CHILD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
APPLES, PEACHES, PEARS, AND PLUMS,
TELL ME WHEN YOUR BIRTHDAY COMES.
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH . . .
Submitter comment:
IF PERSON POINTED TO HAS BIRTHDAY IN MONTH NAMED,
WHEN POINTED TO, HE IS IT.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
THESE LITTLE CHILDREN WENT TO HEAVEN.
ONE FLEW EAST AND ONE FLEW WEST,
AND ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEXT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A COUNTING RHYME, TOLD BY THIS WOMAN'S
GRANDMOTHER IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ABOUT 1937.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: OHIO ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; LIMA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
I LOVE YOU LITTLE, I LOVE YOU BIG.
I LOVE YOU LIKE MY LITTLE PIG.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK
I'LL BE THE LAST ONE
TO SIGN THIS BOOK
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN SCHOOL
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
I LOVE TO BE NAUGHTY
I HATE TO BE NICE
JUST FOR THAT
I'LL SIGN MY NAME TWICE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
OUT IN THE SEA
CARVED ON A ROCK
ARE THREE LITTLE WORDS
FORGET ME NOT
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Forget me not |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
UNTIL TWO NICKELS DON'T MAKE A DIME
CONSIDER YOURSELF A FRIEND OF MINE
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
YOURS TILL IVORY SOAP SINKS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
I'LL BE YOURS UNTIL RUSSIA GETS HUNGARY
AND FRIES TURKEY IN GREECE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
SOME WRITE UP AND SOME WRITE DOWN,
BUT I'LL BE DIFFERENT AND WRITE AROUND.
James Callow comment: VERSE WRITTEN IN A CIRCLE WITHIN A CIRCLE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
REMEBER WASHINGTON? REMEMBER LEE?
THE HECK WITH THEM, REMEMBER ME!
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN SCHOOL
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
REMEMBER LINCOLN, REMEMBER LEE,
BUT WHO GIVES A DAMN, REMEMBER ME.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |