A couple more, since people are posting rhymes! All these are from Dad.
1. A saying. "Many are cold, but few are frozen." I actually say this a lot, particularly when I'm freezing.
2. Some nonsense verses/spoofs "High upon the mountain/Where green grows the grass/ There is a little billygoat/sliding on his overcoat."
(2d version) "Of all the fishes in the sea/I think I like the bass. He climbs up all the rocks and trees/and slides down on his hands and knees."
BTW, my Mom also says, "ye Gods und little fishes." I thought that was perfectly normal? Hadn't heard of the jellyfishes, though. My Dad's mother used to say, "my Godfrey" when she was mildly annoyed.
I think I might record the songs, starting with "Hail Massachusetts." I have not come across anyone who knows this - not even friends who hail from Massachusetts!
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1. A saying. "Many are cold, but few are frozen." I actually say this a lot, particularly when I'm freezing.
2. Some nonsense verses/spoofs
"High upon the mountain/Where green grows the grass/
There is a little billygoat/sliding on his overcoat."
(2d version)
"Of all the fishes in the sea/I think I like the bass.
He climbs up all the rocks and trees/and slides down on his hands and knees."
BTW, my Mom also says, "ye Gods und little fishes." I thought that was perfectly normal? Hadn't heard of the jellyfishes, though. My Dad's mother used to say, "my Godfrey" when she was mildly annoyed.
I think I might record the songs, starting with "Hail Massachusetts." I have not come across anyone who knows this - not even friends who hail from Massachusetts!