"Yours till Niagara Falls" (1907)

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I was going through the Journal of The Ohio Folklore Society today. This seemed like one of the most popular of these constructions.


Spring 1969, Journal of the Ohio Folklore SOciety, vol. IV, no. 1
Pg. 51:
_NOTES AND QUERIES_
_YOURS TILL THE COWS COME HOME_
Pg. 53:
Yours till you see the salad dressing.
(...)
Yours till the door steps.
Yours till the kitchen sinks.
Yours till the horse flies.
Yours till the bed springs.
Yours till the barn dances.
Yours till the cake walks.
(...)
Yours till Niagara Falls.
Yours till the board walks.
Yours till the side walks.
(...)
Yours till the powder puffs.
Pg. 54:
Yours till the sun sets.
Yours till the cows get feathers.
Yours till the pigs get feathers.
Yours till the onions cry.
Yours till the cows come home.
Yours till the chickens stop laying eggs.
(...)
Yours till Red's hair turns black.
Yours till you sit hearing sad stories.
Pg. 55:
Yours till you marry Dickie Rideout.
Yours till you take algebra and geometry.
(...)
Yours till I die.
(...)
Yours till Helen Falls.
(...)
Yours till the ocean wears rubber pants to keep its bottom dry.

Pg. 64:
_LOOKING THROUGH THE ARCHIVES_
_AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS_
(...)
"You can fall from a tree
You can fall from a roof
But for goodness sake
Don't fall in love." 1936

"When you get married and have twins
Don't come to me for safety pins." 1937

"I wish you luck
I wish you joy
I wish you a baby boy
When its hair begins to curl
Then I wish you a baby girl." 1938

Pg. 65:
"First comes graduation
Then comes Marriage
Then comes Josephine
With a baby carriage." 1938

"Yours till the hot dogs bark." 1936

"Yours till Niagra Falls." 1968

"California grows oranges
Florida does too.
But it takes Ohio to grow a peach like you." 1936

"Yours till powder puffs." 1936

"What shall I write
What shall it be
Just two sweet words
Remember me." 1939

"When you are old and can not see
Put on your specks and think of me." 1968

Pg. 66:
"Roses are red, and Indians are black,
Do me a favor and sit on a tack." 1957

Remember the city,
Remember the town
Remember the girl that wrote her autograph upside down." 1957

"I.N.V.U.Q.T." 1957

Pg. 67:
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
When it rains,
I think of you.
DRIP DRIP DRIP" 1959

"You had room for your friends,
You had room for your lover,
_But_ you didn't have room for little ol' me
So I had to write on the cover." 1961

Pg. 68:
"When you get married and live in a tree
Send me a coconut C.O.D." 1956

"Tulips in the garden
Tulips in the park
But the kind Joyce likes best
Are two lips in the dark." 1956

"It makes me giggle
It makes me laugh
That you want my autergraph." 1956

"When you get married, and live by the lake,
Float me a piece of your weding cake." 1956

Pg. 69:
"Someday you may have, I hope,
Rainbows for your skipping rope." 1962

Pg. 70:
"Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
If it weren't for the girls,
Boys lips would rust." 1961

"When you get old and out of shape,
Remember girdles are $2.98." 1961

"History is a subject, at least it used to be,
First it killed the Romans,
Now it's killing me." 1961

"Let your life be like arithmetic:
Joys added, sorrows subtracted,
Friends multiplied, love undivided." 1961



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ve Letters Received by the Most Beautiful Woman in Chicago.; Tributes from the Whole Country. Portrait Wins Love of Thousands. Appeals to Best Class of Men. Believe She Is Beyond Their Reach. Filipino Urges His Suit. Doesn't Want to " Make a Mash." Remember Her Now She Is Famous.
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Mar 17, 1907. p. F2 (1 page) :
"Thanking you in advance for  a reply, and hoping fate will be favorable to this note, I am,
"Yours Till Niagara Falls."



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   Indianapolis Star  Wednesday, October 30, 1912 Indianapolis, Indiana
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   Lincoln Star  Sunday, May 03, 1931 Lincoln, Nebraska
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   Nevada State Journal  Friday, November 13, 1931 Reno, Nevada
...Felizio Andrade. Past "YOURS TILL NIAGARA FALLS." TODAY'S GREAT BIG.....in our country the problem is old. In YOURS it is new. In Japan it has always..