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THE BOSCO SONG ( CHILDREN'S SONG )
I HATE BOSCO
BOSCO'S BAD FOR ME
MY MOTHER PUTS IT IN MY MILK
AND TRIES TO POISON ME.
BUT I FOOLED MOMMA
I PUT IT IN HER TEA
NOW I DON'T HAVE A MOMMIE
TO TRY AND POISON ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BOSCO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 03-02-1972
" DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN ME SCHOOL "
I POINT TO MYSELF AND SAYS " VAT IS DAS HERE? "
DAS IS MY HEAD ACHER, YA MAMA DEAR,
HEAD ACHER, HEAD ACHER YA MAMA DEAR,
DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN MY SCHOOL.
I POINT TO MYSELF AND SAYS " VAT IS DAS HERE? "
DAS IS MY SWEATS BROWER, YA MAMA DEAR,
SWEATS BROWER, HEAD ACHER YA MAMA DEAR,
DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN MY SCHOOL
I POINTS TO MYSELF AND SAY " VAT IS DAS HERE? "
DAS IS MY EYE BLINKER, YA MAMA DEAR,
EYE BLINKER, SWEATS BROWER, HEAD ACHER YA MAMA DEAR,
DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN MY SCHOOL.
I POINT TO MYSELF AND SAYS " VAT IS DAS HERE? "
DAS IS MY CHEESE SMELLER, YA MAMA DEAR,
CHEESE SMELLER, EYE BLINKER, SWEATS BROWER, HEAD ACHER YA MAMA DEAR,
DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN MY SCHOOL.
I POINT TO MYSELF AND SAYS " VAT IS DAS HERE? "
DAS IS MY COOKIE DUSTER, YA MAMA DEAR,
COOKIE DUSTER, CHEESE SMELLER, EYE BLINKER, SWEATS BROWER,
HEAD ACHER, YA MAMA DEAR,
DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN MY SCHOOL.
I POINTS TO MYSELF AND SAYS " VAT IS DAS HERE? "
DAS IS MY BULL-SHOOTER, YA MAMA DEAR,
BULL SHOOTER, COOKIE DUSTER, CHEESE SMELLER, EYE BLINKER,
SWEATS BROWER, HEAD ACHER, YA MAMA DEAR,
DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN MY SCHOOL.
I POINTS TO MYSELF AND SAYS " VAT IS DAS HERE? "
DAS IS MY JAW BREAKER, YA MAMA DEAR,
JAW BREAKER, BULL SHOOTER, COOKIE DUSTER, CHEESE SMELLER,
EYE BLINKER, SWEATS BROWER, HEAD ACHER, YA MAMA DEAR,
DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN MY SCHOOL.
I POINTS TO MYSELF AND SAYS " VAT IS DAS HERE? "
DAS IS MY RUBBER NECKER, YA MAMA DEAR,
RUBBER NECKER, JAW BREAKER, BULL SHOOTER, COOKIE DUSTER, CHEESE
SMELLER, EYE BLINKER, SWEATS BROWER, HEAD ACHER, YA MAMA DEAR,
DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN MY SCHOOL.
I POINTS TO MYSELF AND SAYS "VAT IS DAS HERE? "
DAS IS MY CHEST PROTECTOR, YA MAMA DEAR,
CHEST PROTECTOR, RUBBER NECKER, JAW BREAKER, BULL SHOOTER,
COOKIE DUSTER, CHEESE SMELLER, EYE BLINKER, SWEATS BROWER
HEAD ACHER, YA MAMA DEAR,
DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN MY SCHOOL.
I POINTS TO MYSELF AND SAYS " VAT IS DAS HERE? "
DAS IS MY TUMMY ACHER, YA MAMA DEAR,
TUMMY ACHER, CHEST PROTECTOR, RUBBER NECKER, JAW BREAKER,
BULL SHOOTER, COOKIE DUSTER, CHEESE SMELLER, EYE BLINKER,
SWEATS BROWER, HEAD ACHER, YA MAMA DEAR,
DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN MY SCHOOL.
I POINTS TO MYSELF AND SAYS " VAT IS DAS HERE? "
DAS IS MY TROUBLE MAKER, YA MAMA DEAR,
TROUBLE MAKER, TUMMY ACHER, CHEST PROTECTOR, RUBBER NECKER,
JAW BREAKER, BULL SHOOTER, COOKIE DUSTER, CHEESE SMELLER,
EYE BLINKER, SWEATS BROWER, HEAD ACHER, YA MAMA DEAR,
DAS WHAT I LEARNED IN MY SCHOOL
Submitter comment:
THIS IS AN ACTION SONG I LEARNED WHEN I WAS IN KINDERGARTEN. AS YOU
SING THE SONG YOU ACTUALLY POINT TO THE VARIOUS PARTS MENTIONED. CO
1. HEAD ACHER-FORE HEAD
2. SWEATS BROWER-ABOVE EYES
3. EYE BLINKER-EYE LIDS
4. CHEESE SMELLER-NOSE
5. COOKIE DUSTER-UPPER LIP
6. BULL SHOOTER-MOUTH
7. JAW BREAKER-JAW
8. RUBBER NECKER-NECK
9. CHEST PROTECKER-CHEST
10. TUMMY ACHER-STOMACH
11. TROUBLE MAKER-FANNY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUMULATIVE SONG ; GERMAN DIALECT NAMES ; SONG WITH GESTURES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 04-04-1972
SONG
ARBUTUS GIRLS ARE TIRED OF BEING PROPER AND PRIM
WE WANNA GO OUT AND LEAD A LIFE FULL OF SIN
WE WANT A BLOODY MARY COCKTAIL IN BETWEEN EVERY CLASS.
WE MAY BE SLOW AT SCHOOL BUT AT NIGHT WE ARE FAST.
WE WANNA LEARN TO SMACK OUR GUM, BLEACH OUR HAIR AND LOOK CREAP;
WE WANNA HANDSOME MAN TO KEEP US WARM WHEN WE SLEEP,
WE WANNA SMOKE MARIJUANA TILL THE HOUR IS LATE.
ARBUTUS GIRLS ARE TIRED OF BEING PROPER AND STRAIGHT.
ROLL OVER BABY ITS BETTER ON THE OTHER SIDE,
I REALLY MEAN IT,
ITS BETTER ON THE OTHER SIDE, WO, WO, WO, WO...WO, WO, WO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MAYFIELD ; CAMP ARBUTUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00001970S
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SONG
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
I'M CRACK'IN UP FROM A LACK OF SHACK'IN UP. I'M GOIN' MAD FROM
THE LACK OF BEING HAD, AND I COME FROM THE ISLAND OF
COME-ON-I-WANNA-LAY-YA, WON'T SOMEONE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME.
I WANNA GET LAID, I WANNA GET PAID, WON'T SOMEONE
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME, PLEASE-PLEASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
FARMOUT
I LIVE HOME ON THE FARM
CARRY A CORD OF WOOD
UNDER EACH ARM
I MILK THE BIG BROWN COWS
FEED GRAIN TO THE YELLAR SOWS
IT'S NOT SO EASY HERE
YOU ONLY GET PAID ABOUT ONCE A YEAR
IT'S NOT AS EASY AS THEY SAY IN THE POEM
BUT I CHOOSE TO CALL IT HOME
EVERYBODY SAYS FARMOUT
EVERYBODY SAYS FARMOUT
EVERYBODY SAYS FARMOUT
FARMOUT
FARMOUT
Where learned: KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
FISHY SONG
DID YOU EVER SEE A FISHY ON A HOT SUMMER'S DAY,
DID YOU EVER SEE A FISHY ALL SWIMMING IN THE BAY,
WITH HIS HANDS IN HIS POCKETS AND HIS POCKETS IN HIS PANTS,
DID YOU EVER SEE A FISHY DO THE HUCHEE CUCHEE DANCE,
YOU NEVER DID (CLAP CLAP) YOU NEVER WILL (CLAP).
DID YOU EVER SEE A FISHY ON A COLD WINTER'S DAY,
DID YOU EVER SEE A FISHY ALL FROZEN IN THE BAY,
WITH HIS HANDS IN HIS POCKETS AND HIS POCKETS IN HIS PANTS,
DID YOU EVER SEE A FISHY DO THE HUCHEE CUCHEE DANCE,
YOU NEVER DID (CLAP CLAP)
YOU NEVER WILL (CLAP).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW?
DO THEY WOBBLE TO AND FRO?
CAN YOU TIE THEM IN A KNOT?
CAN YOU TIE THEM IN A BOW?
CAN YOU THROW THEM OVER YOUR SHOULDER LIKE A CONTINENTAL SOLDIER?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
BACK OF THE BREAD
BACK OF THE BREAD IS THE FLOWER AND
BACK OF THE FLOWER IS THE MILL AND BACK
OF THE MILL IS THE WIND AND THE RAIN AND
THE FATHER'S WILL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PRUNE SONG
NO MATTER HOW YOUNG A PRUNE MAY BE
HE'S ALWAYS FULL OF WRINKLES. A BABY
PRUNE IS LIKE HIS DAD BUT HE'S NOT WRINKLED
QUITE SO BAD. WE HAVE WRINKLES ON OUR
FACE, A PRUNE HAS WRINKLES EVERY PLACE,
NO MATTER HOW YOUNG A PRUNE MAY BE HE'S
ALWAYS FULL OF WRINKLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
FOR WE WERE STARVED
FOR WE WERE STARVED AS STARVED COULD
BE, HIHO HIHO HIHO HIHO, BUT KNOW WE'RE
FULL AS FULL COULD BE HIHO HIHO HIHO.
A RIG ID I JIG AND AWAY WE GO, AWAY WE
GO, AWAY WE GO, A RIG ID I JIG AND AWAY
WE GO, WE'LL SOON BE BACK FOR MORE.
Submitter comment: SUNG BEFORE ANY MEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
CAMPSONG SARAH THE WHALE
IN FRISCO BAY THERE WAS A WHALE, THEY FED HER OYSTERS BY THE PAIL,
BY BATHTUB, BY TEACUP, BY THIMBLE AND BY SCHOONER.
HER NAME WAS SARAH AND WHEN SHE SMILED,
SHE SHOWED HER TEETH FOR MILES AND MILES,
AND TONSILS, AND SPARE RIBS AND THINGS TOO FIERCE TO MENTION.
OH, WHAT YOU DO WITH A WHALE LIKE THAT? OH, WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF SHE SAT ON YOUR HAT? OR YOUR TOOTHBRUSH, OR YOUR COUNSELOR,
OR ANYTHING'S THAT'S USEFUL LIKE THAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF CAMP COUNSELOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
SONG
GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUIA, TEACHER HIT ME WITH A RULER, HID BEHIND
THE DOOR WITH A LOADED FORTYFOUR, AND THERE AIN'T NO TEACHER NO MORE
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG WAS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
AS GRADESCHOOLERS WE SANG THIS SONG BEHIND OUR TEACHERS BACKS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad, Song, Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00001960S
SONG
ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI, ALL COVERED WITH CHEESE
THERE SAT MY POOR MEATBALL, TIL SOMEBODY SNEEZED.
IT ROLLED OFF THE TABLE, AND ON TO THE FLOOR.
I SAW MY POOR MEATBALL ROLL RIGHT OUT THE DOOR.
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG WAS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY.
AS GRADESCHOOLERS WE WOULD SIT AROUND WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS
AND SING THIS SONG IN HARMONY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad, Song, Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00001960S
O'LEARY'S BAR
TWAS A COLD WINTER'S EVENING, THE GUESTS WERE ALL LEAVING,
O'LEARY WAS CLOSING THE BAR. WHEN HE TURNED AND HE SAID TO THE
LADY IN RED, "GET OUT YOU CAN'T STAY ANY MORE".
SHE WEPT A SAD TEAR IN HER BUCKET OF BEER, AS SHE THOUGHT OF THE
COLD NIGHT AHEAD, WHEN A DAPPER PHI KAPPER STEPPED OUT OF THE
CRAPPER, AND THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT HE SAID, " YOUR MOTHER
NEVER TOLD YOU, THE THINGS A YOUNG GIRL SHOULD KNOW,
ABOUT THE WAYS OF COLLEGE MEN AND HOW THEY COME AND GO...MOSTLY GO.
NOW AGE HAS TAKEN YOUR BEAUTY, AND SIN HAS LEFT ITS SAD SCAR,
SO REMEMBER YOUR MOTHER'S WORDS AND NEVER SLEEP UNDER THE BAR,
NEXT TO THE GIN, IN SOUTHERN COMFORT, WITH HIRAM WALKER"...
AND THERE WAS GRANNY, SWINGING ON THE OUTHOUSE DOOR, WITHOUT
HER NIGHTIE, AND GRANDPA YELLING "MORE, MORE, MORE"
SHE WORE PAJAMAS...
DRINK, DRINK, DRINK, DRINK, DRUNK LAST NIGHT, DRUNK THE NIGHT
BEFORE, GONNA GET DRUNK TONIGHT LIKE I'VE NEVER BEEN DRUNK BEFORE,
FOR WHEN I'M DRUNK I'M AS HAPPY AS CAN BE,
FOR I AM A MEMBER OF THE SOUSED FAMILY, OH THE SOUSED
FAMILY IS THE BEST FAMILY, TO EVER COME OVER FROM
OLD GERMANY, THERE'S THE HIGHLAND DUTCH AND THE LOW LAND DUTCH,
AND THE RODDER DAMN DUTCH AND THE OTHER DAMNED DUTCH,
SINGING GLORIOUS, GLORIOUS, ONE KEG OF BEER FOR THE FOUR OF US,
SINGING GLORY BE TO GOD THAT THERE AIN'T NO MORE OF US,
FOR ONE OF US CAN DRINK IT ALL ALONE, DAMN NEAR.
(SPOKEN) NOW GOD MADE MEN AND GOD MADE THE DUTCH, BUT WHEN GOD
MADE MEN HE DIDN'T MAKE MUCH.
SINGING GLORIOUS, GLORIOUS, ONE KEG OF BEER FOR THE FOUR OF US,
SINGING GLORY BE TO GOD THAT THERE AIN'T NO MORE MORE OF US,
FOR ONE OF US CAN DRINK IT ALL ALONE, DAMN NEAR.
REPEAT (NOW WHEN GOD MADE ...) FILLING IN DIFFERENT NAMES
TO REPLACE THE WORD MEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A FRATERNITY AND SORORITY SONG SUNG AT PARTIES.
THE INTERESTING PART OF THE SONG IS THAT THE TUNE CHANGES
FOUR TIMES DURING THE COURSE OF THE SONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM: OTHER FOR GOD
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
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A POEM TO ME MUDDER
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHEN MY PRAYERS WERE POORLY SAID
WHO TUCKED ME IN MY WIDDLE BED?
AND SPANKED ME TILL ME ASS WAS RED,
ME MUDDER.
WHO TOOK ME FROM MY COZY COT,
WHO PUT ME ON THE ICE COLD POT,
AND MADE ME PEE IF I COULD NOT?
ME MUDDER.
AND WHEN THE MORNING LIGHT WOULD COME,
AND IN ME CRIB ME DRIBBLE SOME,
WHO WIPED ME TIDY WIDDLE BUM?
ME MUDDER.
WHO WOULD ME HAIR SO NEATLY PART,
AND HUG ME GENTLY TO HER HEART,
SOMETIMES SQUEEZE ME TILL ME FART?
ME MUDDER.
WHO LOOKED AT ME WITH EYEBROW KNIT,
NEARLY HAD A KING SIZE FIT,
WHEN IN ME SUNDAY PANTS ME SHIT?
ME MUDDER.
WHEN AT NIGHT THE BED WOULD SQUEEK,
ME RAISED ME HEAD TO HAVE A PEEK,
WHO YELLED AT ME TO GO TO SLEEP?
ME FADDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): BABY TALK ; SCATOLOGY ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.533 |
Date learned: CA00001977
DANCING GAME: GOING TO KENTUCKY
A CHAIN OF PEOPLE HOLD HANDS, FORMING A CIRCLE. ONE PERSON STANDS
IN THE MIDDLE. THE CHAIN OF PEOPLE CIRCLE AROUND SINGING "I'M
GOING TO KENTUCKY, GOING TO THE FAIR TO SEE THE SENORITA WITH
RIBBONS IN HER HAIR. (OH SHAKE IT BABY SHAKE IT, SHAKE IT IF
YOU CAN, SHAKE IT LIKE A MILK SHAKE, SHAKE IT IF YOU CAN.) THIS
IS SUNG WHILE EVERYONE IS CLAPPING HIS HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
SIPPIN' CIDER THROUGH A STRAW
THE PRETTIEST GIRL
I EVER SAW.
WAS SIPPIN' CIDER
THROUGH A STRAW.
I ASKED HER IF
SHE'D SHOW ME HOW.
TO SIP SOME CIDER
THROUGH A STRAW.
SHE SAID OF COURSE
SHE'D SHOW ME HOW
TO SIP SOME CIDER
THROUGH A STRAW.
AND NOW AND THEN
THE STRAW WOULD SLIP.
AND WE'D SIP CIDER
LIP TO LIP.
THAT'S HOW I GOT
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
FROM SIPPIN' CIDER
THROUGH A STRAW.
NOW 49 KIDS
ALL CALL ME PA.
FROM SIPPIN' CIDER
THROUGH A STRAW}
THE MORAL OF
THIS LITTLE TALE.
IS TO SIP YOUR CIDER
THROUGH A PAIL}
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG IS MEANT TO BE SUNG WITH A LARGE GROUP
THAT ELECTS A LEADER TO SING THE VERSE AND THEN THE GROUP FOLLOWS.
THE VERSE IS THEN REPEATED BY EVERYONE.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
CAMP SONG
THE DONUTS AT THIS CAMP THEY SAY ARE MIGHTY FINE,
ONE ROLLED OFF THE TABLE AND KILLED A FRIEND OF MINE
OH I DON,T WANT NO MORE OF CAMPING LIFE, PLEASE MA LET ME COME HOME.
THE COUNSELORS AT THIS CAMP THEY SAY ARE MIGHTY FINE,
THEY WHIP YA IN THE MORNING AND THEN AGAIN AT NIGHT
OH I DON,T WANT NO MORE OF CAMPING LIFE, PLEASE MA LET ME COME HOME.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; SATIRE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
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GOOD HUMOR JEST SONG
TA RA RA BOOM DE AY.
DID YOU GET YOURS TODAY?
I GOT MINE YESTERDAY.
THAT'S WHY I WALK THIS WAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SANG ME THIS LITTLE "SONG" WHICH IS DOUBTLESSLY
A PARODY OF "TA RA RA BOOM DI AY."
Data entry tech comment:
Keypunched by R.J.Miller 11/82
Updated by TRD 01/12
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 8597 HARTWELL ; Mepham, Larry
Keyword(s): Crude ; EUPHEMISM ; HUMOR ; Jest ; PARODY ; RHYME ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
SONG
(REFRAIN:)
OLD FOLKS, YOUNG FOLKS, EVERYBODY COME.
COME JOIN THE BIBLE SCHOOL AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN.
PLEASE CHECK YOUR CHEWING GUM AND RAZORS AT THE DOOR,
AND YOU'LL HEAR SOME BIBLE STORIES THAT
YOU'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE.
(FIRST STANZA:)
ADAM WAS A PLOWMAN AND EVE WAS HIS SPOUSE.
HE PICKED UP A HAMMER AND BUILT THEMSELVES A HOUSE.
EVERYTHING WAS PEACEFUL, QUIET AND SANE,
TILL EVE HAD A BABY AND THEY STARTED RAISIN' CAIN.
(REPEAT REFRAIN)
(SECOND STANZA:)
IN CAME NOAH STUMBLING IN THE DARK.
HE PICKED UP A HAMMER AND HE BUILT HIMSELF AN ARK.
IN CAME THE ANIMALS TWO BY TWO--
THE GIANT HIPPOPOTAMUS AND THE LANKY KANGAROO.
(THIRD STANZA:)
IN CAME THE LION, IN CAME THE BEAR,
IN CAME THE BABOON WITHOUT ANY HAIR;
FOR FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS THEY SAILED AROUND THE
POND,
AND THEY KICKED OUT THE LIONESS BECAUSE SHE WAS A BLOND.
(REPEAT REFRAIN)
(FOURTH STANZA:)
NOW DAVID WAS A SHEPHERD BOY, HIS FATHER'S PRIDE AND JOY.
HE MADE HIMSELF A SLINGSHOT--A HARMLESS LITTLE TOY.
IN CAME GOLIATH LOOKIN' FOR A FUSS,
SO HE PICKED UP A PEBBLE AND BOUNCED HIM ON THE CRUST.
(REPEAT REFRAIN)
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS LEARNED IN NEW YORK. IT WAS USUALLY SUNG ON
LONG CAR TRIPS. THERE ARE MORE STANZAS BUT THIS IS
ALL THE INFORMANT REMEMBERED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 12-00-1983