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CHILDREN'S PARODIES
This page contains examples of parodies that have
no known composers, but probably were composed by children & teens. "Parodies",
in the context of this page, means funny or clever imitations of another song or
poem. The original source for the parody could have been a R&B song, a Pop song,
a religious song, a commercial or advertisement jingle or another type of song.
Or the parody could have been based on a Mother Goose rhymes, another type of
children's rhyme, or some other poem that was known to children/teens. A
parody of a song almost always has exactly the same tune as its source song. However, a parody doesn't have to have
to have the same words as its source song.
I'm differentiating between parodies {which are purposely made up
songs & rhymes which are based on an already composed song & rhymes} and mondegreens {which are unintentionally misheard, misread, or misremembered songs
and rhymes}. An example of a misheard line of a song, and therefore a mondegreen is "Oh
Susanna, O don't you cry for me, for I come from Alabama with a band-aid on my
knee!" "Band-aid" is used in this song instead of "banjo"; Source: Diane Hodges; Laugh Lines
For Educators {Corwin Press, p. 16; 2006}. Visit this thread {online
discussion} about children's misheard lyrics that I started on Mudcat Discussion
Forum:
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=104790&messages=36 Both members
and guests can post on that forum, so feel free to join the discussion by adding
misheard lyrics that you've heard children say, or you remember saying yourself!
Because Cocojams is primarily a children centered website, no parodies will be
posted on this page that includes profanity {"bad words"}. Selected examples
of children's parodies that include violent language are included on this page.
However, in no way do persons affiliated with this website condone violence.
Examples are posted for their creative, folkloric value.
The song source for the parody will be noted in a brief editorial comment when it's not noted in the
posted example. Because of space concerns, the words to
the "source song" or "source poem", will not be posted. If the words to a
parody's source song or source poem isn't familiar to you, I encourage to find
that song or poem on the Internet using a search engine such as Google.
Cocojams has a page that features examples of teacher/school taunts. However,
selected examples of teacher/school parodies will be posted on this
page. Readers are encouraged to visit Cocojams' Teacher Taunts page for
additional examples of these rhymes.
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click here to submit examples, comments
and/or questions to Cocojams about children's parodies.
Although it is not required, please include information about how this
rhyme is performed. Also, for the sake of folkloric research, please include the
following demographical information: where you learned the rhyme {please
include the city & state if within the USA, and the nation, if outside the USA};
when you learned this rhyme {year or decade such as 2008, the 1990s, or
the mid 1970s}; and who performed this rhyme {age, gender,
race/ethnicity}. Thanks!
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Examples of rhymes & cheers are
almost always posted the way that readers send them to this website. Some of
these examples have typos and other accidental spelling errors or have text
messaging, slang, or otherwise purposely misspelled words & phrases. Many of
these examples are written without any capitalization at the beginning of a line
or punctuation mark at the end of line. This free flowing writing style appears
to be the prevailing way that many youth and young adults informally write on
the Internet. Posting examples written this way may result in difficulty
understanding the examples. However, I believe that it is important to keep the
examples' original form for authenticity's sake and as a means of showcasing the
examples' "flavor".
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I reserve the right not to post examples of rhymes on this page that are
exactly the same as a previously posted example. I also reserve
the right not to post examples of rhymes that I feel don't meet the standards of
this website.
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Thanks to all who submit children's parodies to
Cocojams!
Special thanks also to Hall Johnson and other members of Octoblog
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php for permission to repost
examples from their blog.
Special thanks also to Joe Offer, chief moderator of Mudcat Cafe
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm,
for permission to repost selected examples from guest posters or inactive
members of that forum.
Special thanks also to fellow members of Mudcat Cafe for permission to repost
selected examples that they had shared on that forum.
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Examples Of Children's & Teenagers' Parodies
[Examples are listed in alphabetical order. The newest postings are
indicated by their dates.]
A, B, C
Barney Song
heres a barney song
joy to the world, barney is dead
we barbecued, his head!
dont worry about the body, we flushed it down the potty,
round and round it goes
round and round it goes
Round and round it goes,
on top of a building, all covered with blood,
i shot poor barney with a 44. stud
when i read in the newspaper that he was not dead
i took my bazooka and blew off his head
i went to his funeral i went to his grave
people threw flowers but i threw grenade
its raining its pouring the old barneys boring
he went to his bed with a bomb on his head and blew up in the morning!!
i just love this song XD
-starkmad; 7/25/2006 ;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
Editor:
"Barney" is the name for a large purple dinosaur is the star of a young
children's television show. Numerous commercial products have been produced and
marketed that feature Barney. starkmad's "Barney Song" is actually a combination
of parodies of two songs and one poem. The 1st first is a parody of "Joy To The
World". The 2nd & 3rd verses are a parody of "On Top Of Old Smokey", and the 4th
verse is a parody of the children's poem "It's Raining. It's Pouring".
You'll find other Barney parodies in the "I" section of this page.
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Bazooka Zooka Bubble Gum
I was reading and i was amazed to not see a ceartain ryme...
My mom gave me a nickle she said to buy a pickle I did not buy a pickle instead
i bought some bubblegum BAZOOKA ZOOKA bubble gum!
MY mom gave me a dime she said to buy a lime I did not buy a lime instead I
bought some bubblegum BAZOOKA ZOOKA bubblegum.
MY mom gave me a quarter she said to buy some water I did not buy some water
instead I bought some bubblegum BAZOOKA ZOOKA bubblegum.
MY mom gave me a five she said to stay alive I did not stay alive instead I
choked on bubblegum! BAZOOKA ZOOKA bubblegum.
- GUEST,BBG,
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=81350
" I'm Rubber . You're Glue: Children's Rhymes"; 6/4/2007
Editor:
This parody is based on the commercial jingle for Bazooka Bubble Gum.
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Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends
Be kind to your web footed friends, for a duck may be somebody's mother, Be
kind to your friends in the swamp, Where the weather is very very dawmp(damp,
pronounced Daw-mp) Well you may think that this is the end, Well it IS! My
mother taught it to me when I was five. about 2001.
-Sarah Erin; 3/22/2008
Editor:
Thanks Sarah Erin for sending in this example, and thanks for remembering to
include demographical information {the year you first learned this song}. I
believe that the words "Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends" are more often found
for this song than "Be Kind To Your Fine Feathered Friends". The author of this
song is unknown. I'm not sure if this is really a parody of any other song, or
was just composed for fun. See
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/bekindto.htm for a midi sound clip
and for additional words to this song.
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Be Kind To Your Fine Feathered Friends
There's one sung to the tune of "Stars and Stripes Forever"
Be kind to your fine feathered friends
for a duck may be somebody's mother.
The live in the back of the swamp
where the weather's always damp (to rhyme w/swamp)
Now you may think that this is the end,
well, it is but to show I'm a liar,
I'm going to sing it again,
But this time I'm going to sing it higher.
Repeat until you couldn't possibly sing any higher.
-diana; 11/2/2005 ;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
Editor:
I remember a similar song from the Mitch Miller television show. But I remember
the first line as "be kind to your web footed friends". The last two lines to
that song as I remember it were "now you may think that this is the end/well it
is". Of course, this was a looong time ago {in the early 1960s?} so my memory
may be wrong.
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Brush Your Teeth With Sani-Flush
This goes in the parodies category. El Paso, early-to-mid-1970s, Anglo girls
and boys. Brush your teeth with Sani-Flush You won't even need a brush All you
do is pour it on One, two, three, your teeth are gone!
-Mark; 3/23/2008
Editor:
Mark, thanks for sending in this example, and other examples of children's
parodies that are posted on this page as well as on the teacher taunts page.
Also, thank you Mark for including demographical information {the decade in
which you first remember hearing the rhyme, the city/state where you first heard
the rhyme, the genders of those children who recited these rhymes, and
information about the racial/ethnic groups who recite/d the rhyme}.
I've found that some people are reluctant to include racial/ethnic demographics
with their submissions. However, I believe that information may be helpful to
researchers who are trying to ascertain if there are any differences between the
types of children's rhymes that are recited, the versions of particular rhymes,
how rhymes are performed over time and space, as well as among the same and
different populations. For those reasons, an extra thank you to those who
include racial/ethnic demographical information with their examples.
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Calomine Calomine Calomine Lotion
Calomine, calomine, calomine lotion
(repeat)
No no no no not the lotion
(repeat)
Itchy itchy scratchy scratchy ew I got one on my backy
(repeat)
Dead goes the bug when you spray it with the bug spray pssssh!
(repeat)
-GUEST,Kat; 2/11/2007; reposted from
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=81350#1489424 RE: I'm Rubber .
You're Glue: Children's Rhymes
Editor:
There's a number of children's rhymes that have the same tune and similar words
as this song/rhyme. Here's another version:
flea (flea)
fly (fly)
flea fly flew (ditto)
coomalata coomalata coomalata beestay
no no no no not the beestay
and ended in a sort of scat-rhythm:
eee-biddlety-oaten-doaten-wahbat-skee-watten-tatten-SHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!"
-Bonnie Shaljean; 7/1/2006 RE: eena meena mackeracka (children's rhymes);
Mudcat Discussion Forum
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I've been trying to identify the original song that this rhyme comes from.
Cocojams readers, please send in any versions that you know and any ideas about
the source of this song.
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Comet {Version #2}
Guest of 28 June,
The tune is "Colonel Bogey's March". We sang:
Comet, it makes your teeth so green,
Comet, it tastes like gasoline,
Comet, it makes you vomit,
So get Comet and vomit today.
I learned it in Kegley, WV, around 1970.
-Kent Davis; "I'm Rubber . You're Glue: Children's Rhymes";
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=81350 ; 8/27/2007
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Comet {Version #1}
Comet, it makes your mouth turn green
Comet, it tastes like Listerine
Comet will make you vomit
So get some Comet...and vomit...today.
The tune this is sung to is some sort of military song, not sure what it is.
-Guest; "I'm Rubber . You're Glue: Children's Rhymes";
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=81350 ; 6/28/2007
Editor: Comet is the brand name of a household cleanser. This parody is
based on a Comet jingle.
D, E, F
Daisy, Daisy
I remember this version from my childhood!
Daisy, Daisy, the cops are after you
If they catch you, they give you a month or two,
They'll tie you up with wire
Inside a Black Maria
So ring your bell and peddle like Hell
On your bicycle built for two
-GUEST,Tally Ho Man; 3/28/2008
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=109842
RE: Flower Songs
Editor: This is a parody of the song "Daisy Bell" {more commonly known as
"Bicycle Built For Two". Btw, "Black Maria" is a colloquial term for a
prison wagon.
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Deck The Halls
Deck the halls with gasoline
Strike a match and watch it gleam
Watch the school burn down to ashes
Aren't you glad we played with matches?
"Naughty kids' greatest hits II"
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998
Editor:
This is a parody of the Christmas carol "Deck The Halls".
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Dentine
Tune "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" My body has tuberculosis Yes TB has
rotted my lungs. I cough up blood by the buckets It dries and they sell it for
gum. (chorus) Dentine, Dentine, Never chew Dentine again, again Dentine,
Dentine, Never chew Dentine again
-Nathan: 9/12/1997;
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm , “Naughty kids' greatest hits”
Editor: This is a parody of the song "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean". Dentine
is a brand name for chewing gum.
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Dream Lover
Dream lover, where are you?
Upstairs on the toilet stool.
What are doing way up there?
Washing out my underwear.
How did you get them so clean.
With a bottle of listerine.
I'm gonna walk.
Talk.
Sing.
Shout.
I wanna dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone.
-Azizi Powell, memories of childhood {Atlantic City, New Jersey, late 1950s,
early 1960s}
Editor:
This is a parody of "Dream Lover", a 1959 R&B hit song by Bobby Darin. The
Bobby Darin song is found at
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsd/darin.html. I remember
reciting this rhyme in the late 1950s/early 1960s. The "I'm gonna walk, talk,
sing, shout" lines are grafted on to this song, and probably come from various
gospel songs. Instead of the walk, talk etc lines, that song says "I wanna girl
to call my own".
I found the first verse of this parody on
http://www.eskimo.com/~kaking/jumprope.htm The editor of that website
indicates that this rhyme was found in Roger D Abrahams (1969) Jump Rope
Rhymes A Dictionary University of Texas Press: Austin, TX.
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From The Halls Of Montezuma
From the halls of Montezuma
To the Shores of PTA
We will fight our teacher's battles
With spitballs and with clay.
We will fight for more recess,
And to keep our desks a mess.
We are proud to claim the title
Of the teacher's little pests.
From the halls of dear old school,
We will always teach the teachers
That we love them all so dearly,
We're angelic little creatures.
Yes, we love them all so dearly
And we love them most we say,
From the 30th day of June,
Right up to Labor Day!
From the halls of our dear old school
To the science and the math room
I tripped and lost my pretty books
On the way to the bathroom
I'm afraid they fell into the sink
ANd my soul was really crushed
SO I turned the wet water on
And down the drain they flushed.
From the halls of Montezuma
To the Shores of PTA
We will fight our teacher's battles
With spitballs and with clay.
We will fight for more recess,
And to keep our desks a mess.
We are proud to claim the title
Of the teacher's little pests.
-Miranda; 8/19/2004;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
Editor:
This is a parody of the song "From The Halls of Montezuma".
G, H , I
Glory Glory Hallelujah; {Version #2}
I learned this as a kid in the mid-1970s in El Paso. My school was mostly Anglo
(i.e., Caucasian) and Hispanic (in that order), with some African-Americans and
Asian-Americans; it was always other Anglos I heard sing this and always boys,
never girls. (Sung to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic") My eyes
have seen the glory of the burning of the school We have tortured all the
teachers, we have broken all the rules We are planning to hang the principal
tomorrow afternoon And we go marching on. Glory, glory, hallelujah! Teacher hit
me with a ruler Met her at the door with a loaded .44 And the teacher ain't
around no more!
-Mark; 3/23/2008
Editor:
See my comments posted on Cocojams' Teacher Taunt page about this song and the
possible differences between the types of parodies that White and Black
children/teens know and recite.
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Glory Glory Hallelujah; {Version #1}
To the tune of, well, you know the tune—
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,
He was rambling round the corner in a Ninteen Fifty Ford
With one hand on the throttle, and the other on a bottle
Of Mogen-David Wine!
Glory, Glory, What's it to ya?
Teacher hit me with a ruler
So I cracked her on the bean
With a rotten tangerine
And that teacher don't teach no more!
Glory, Glory, What's it to ya?
Teacher hit me with a ruler
So I met her at the door
With a loaded forty-four
And that teacher don't teach no more!
- M.Ted;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40139
“
What did you sing as a kid?”; 10/16/2001
Editor:
This is a parody of the song "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic {also known
for the beginning words of its chorus: "Glory Glory Hallelujah".
See additional versions of this rhyme on Cocojams' Teacher Taunt page.
As a reminder, please be careful
about using this taunt and/or similar taunts in real life. You could get into a
lot of trouble if you say these taunts to the wrong person or the wrong group of
people or in the wrong place {such as in school}.
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God Bless My Underwear
to the tune of "God Bless America":
God bless my underwear
My only pair
Stand beside them
And guide them
Through the wear and the tear of the wash
From the washer
To the dryer
To the clothesline
In the air
God bless my underwear
My only pair
-Pushing Forty; 4/9/2004 ;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
Editor: This is a parody of the song "God Bless America".
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God Made Coffee
god made coffee god made tea but god made boys just for me
-Anonymous, 4/19/2008
Editor: This rhyme is a parody of the children's
rhyme "I Love Coffee I Love Tea".
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God Save The King
And here's a version of God Save the King that [my daughter and son] proudly
made up a few years ago:
Oh, tis our country be
I went to Italy
To see the king
His name was Jackie Chan
He smells like garbage can
He lives like a mouse
In the fat guys house
He fought with girls in court
He got a trial sport
He smells like an oil can
He's Jackie Chan
(They have no more idea what "trial sport" means than we do, but they liked the
sound of it.)
Enjoy.
-Jacob {from his daughter Julia, 15, and his son Michael,13}; Arlington,
Massachusetts; via electronic mail to Azizi Powell; 3/25/2006;
Editor: This is a parody of the song "God Save The King".
Thanks. Jacob, Julia, and Michael for sharing that song as well as a version of
"Jingle Bells" that is posted below.
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Good King Wenceslas
Good King Wenceslas knocked a bobby senseless
Right through Woolworth's window.
Up came a copper with a rusty gun
"Right, you beggar, I'll make you run"
-Snuffy; 12/3/2000;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53930&messages=38
"Christmas parodies"
Editor: This is a parody of the song "Good King Wenceslas"
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Happy Birthday To Me {Example #2}
(i learned this from my cousin) Happy Birthday to me, I'm a hundred and three, I
still go to preschool, and I want my mommy My mommy's at work, Her boss is a
jerk, The jerk is a monkey, and he ate my homework!
-Alysha; 5/42008
Editor: This is a parody of "Happy Birthday To You." Visit Cocojams'
School Yard Taunting Rhymes page for more examples of "Happy Birthday To You".
Also, see other rhymes on that page entitled "Happy Birthday {People Are Dying}"
or "Happy Birthday {Children Are Dying". If anyone has any information on those
last two rhymes, such as dates/decades they remember reciting them or hearing
them recited, please share that information with Cocojams!
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Happy Birthday To You
{Example #1}
Happy birthday to you.
You live in the zoo.
You look like a monkey
And you smell like one too.
-Azizi P; memories of childhood, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1950s
Editor: This is a parody of the song "Happy Birthday To You"
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Hark The Herald Angels Sing
...[this is] one I learned at school but not from the teachers
Hark the herald angels sing
Beechams pills are just the thing
Move ye gently meek and mild
Two for an adult one for a child
Regular administration
just the thing for constipation
How can man to art aspire
When his soul is not on fire
How can man to art aspire
when his hole is not on fire
-bill/sables; 12/2/2000;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53930&messages=38
"Christmas parodies"
Editor: This is a parody of the song "Hark The Herald Angels Sing". Beechams
is a brand name in The United Kingdom for laxative pills. Note this example had
what I believe are two typos for the word "art": "are" & "atr".
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Here Comes The Bride {Version #2}
"Collected" in Reading, Berks mid 70s ;-)
Here comes the bride
All fat and wide
See how she wobbles
From side to side
Here comes the bride
All fat and wide
Gets into the taxi-
Falls out the other side
-Guest, Jonny Sunshine; 2/8/2008;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=69896&messages=49
Lyr Req: Here Comes the Bride
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Here Comes The Bride {Version #1}
Here comes the bride, short, fat and wide,
Here comes the groom skinny as a broom."
-Barbara; 5/27/2005;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=81350#1490965
"I'm Rubber . You're Glue: Children's Rhymes"
Editor: This is a parody of what some think are
the lyrics
to "Wedding March". This song is played as an instrumental for many
weddings in the United States. Click on the link provided above for
numerous parodies of this song.
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Howdy Doody
It's Howdy Doody Time
This show ain't worth a dime,
And as for Clarabell,
He can just go to hell;
and as for Buffalo Bob,
He is a big fat slob...
Memory, and perhaps the parody too, trails off at that point.
-fretless; 2/14/2007; Songs from Kids Shows; also posted on
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87050 Lyr Req: Kid's Parodies
Editor: This is a parody of the theme song for a long running American
children's television show, Howdy Doody. Here are the words to that song
as posted by Padre {2/14/1007) on the Mudcat thread "Songs from Kids Shows":
It's Howdy Doody Time (x2)
Bob Smith and Howdy too
Say Howdy Do to you
Let's give a rousing cheer
'Cause Howdy Doody's here
It's time to start the show
So kids, let's go!
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I Believe I Can Fly {Example #2}
(To the tune of I Believe I Can Fly)
I believe I can fly
I got shot by the F.B.I
All I wanted was some chicken wings
and a little bit of collad greens
I believe I can soar
I got a beaten at the geocery store
-GUEST,Natasha Woods; 5/30/2007
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=102055 "Folklore: Play Ground Hand
Jives"
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I Believe I Can Fly {Example #1}
I believe I can fly.
I’m being chased by the FBI.
It’s all because of those collard greens
that I ate with those chicken wings.
I believe I can soar
See me running through that open door.
I believe I can fly.
I believe I can fly.
-elementary school age African American girls & boys in various neighborhoods of
Pittsburgh, PA, 1999, 2000
Editor: This is a parody of R. Kelly's hit R&B song "I Believe I Can Fly".
Click
http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=102055&messages=44#2090519; "Folklore:
Play Ground Hand Jives" to read my commentary about this parody.
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I Have Lost My Underwear {Version #2}
Connor Girls, yes I remember this from my girl guide campfire days, but we used
to sing "bye, bye long johns" - a parody of Bye, Bye Blackbird.
I have lost my underwear
I don't care, I'll go bare
Bye, bye long johns
They were very dear to me
They tickled me, tee, hee, hee
Bye, bye long johns
How I miss that little trap door behind me
If you see it you'll know where to find me
I have lost my underwear
I don't care, I'll go bare
Bye, bye long johns
-GUEST; 8/8/2004;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=72240&messages=38
"I have lost my underwear"
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I Have Lost My Underwear {Version #1}
this is a song we learned as children, does anyone know this one?
Oh, I have lost my underwear, I don't care, I'll go bare, bye, bye blackbird.
they were very close to me, tickly, Yee hee hee, bye bye blackbird. If you
should ever come across them, would you please tell them that I lost them, Oh, I
have lost my underwear, I don't care I'll to bare, bye bye blackbird.....
-GUEST,The Connor Girls; 9/7/2004;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=72240&messages=38
"I have lost my underwear"
Editor: This is a parody of the song "Bye Bye Blackbird".
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I Hate Bosco {Version #2}
Another jingle that comes to mind is:
I like Bosco, it's so good for me...
I must admit that's all I can remember of the real jingle, but of course kids
sang:
I hate Bosco, it's so bad for me.
Mama puts it in my milk to try and poison me.
But I fooled Mama. I put some in her tea.
Now I have no Mama to try and poison me.
I'm not even sure what Bosco was, but I remember that jingle
- Guest Jim;
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm “Jingles you remember”; 2/13/2007
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I Hate Bosco {Version #1}
I hate Bosco
It's full of TNT
Mommy puts it in my milk
To try to poison me
Buy I fooled Mommy
And put it in her tea
Now I have no mommy
To try to poison me.
(early to mid 1950's Washington, DC area)
-Severn; 3/26/2005;
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm "Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, I Bit the Teacher's
Toe!”
Editor: "Bosco" was the brand name of a chocolate and also a strawberry
flavored syrup that was marketed to add to milk. Commercials in the mid 1960s
marketed the slogan that "Chocolate taste like Bosco". This parody is based on
the jingle {commercial's song} that was featured in those commercials.
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I Hate You You Hate Me {Version #3}
Hi! I've been loving looking at all the kid's song on this site. It definitely
brings back memories... There's another version of the "I Hate You, You Hate Me"
parody song that was -- and still is -- very popular in my school district
(Point Pleasant, NJ). The words go like this: I hate you, you hate me Let's team
up and kill Barney Put a gun to his head Pull the trigger, now he's dead First
he's purple Now he's red!
It was usually sung at about twice the speed of the original tune it was based
on.
-Melissa ; 2/28/2008
Editor:
Melissa, I'm glad you like Cocojams! Thanks for sending in that example and
thanks for remembering to include demographical information {your geographical
location}.
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I Hate You You Hate Me {Version #2}
I hate you, You hate me
Let get together and kill Barney
put a nine millarmeter to his head
bang bang bang Barney’s dead
-Carmella B.; memories of Pittsburgh in the 1980s, collected by Azizi Powell,
12/05
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I Hate You You Hate Me {Version #1}
"I hate you, you hate me,
Let's go out and kill Barney,
And a shot rang out and Barney hit the floor,
No more purple dinosaur!"
-LaMarca;
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm , “Naughty kids' greatest hits”, 9/12/1997
Editor: This parody is based on the song sung by the purple dinosaur Barney in
the television show "Barney & His Friends". That song
"I Love You. You Love Me" has the same tune as "Knick Nack Paddywack" {also
known as "This Old Man"}.
****
I'm Looking Over My Dead Dog Rover
To the obvious tune:
I'm looking over my dead dog Rover
Who lies on the basement floor
One leg is missing, the other is gone
One leg is lying all over the lawn
No use explaining the one remaining
It flew through the kitchen door
I'm looking over my dead dog Rover
Who lies on the basement floor
-SDShad; 4/7/2000;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998#59283;
Naughty kids' greatest hits II
Editor: This is a parody of the song "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover"
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I Love You You Love Me
To the tune of "This Old Man" aka "Barney Song"
I love you,
You love me,
Barney gave me H.I.V.
With a hug and a kiss and a little bit more,
I got A.I.D.S. from a dionsaur.
Sincerely,
-Guest Gargoyle; 7/1/2004;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=4300 ; Children's Street Songs
This is a parody of the song "I Love You" from the children's television show
"Barney & Friends". The same exact parody was posted by catwoman on August 26,
1997 on the Mudcat thread "Parody Folk Circle."
****
I'm Chiquita Banana
We also sang this lively little song:
I'm a Chiquita banana and I'm hear to say, If you want to get rid of your
teacher today, Take a Chiquita banana and put it on the floor, And watch your
teacher go flying out the door!
-Ann N.; 4/29/2007
Editor: This is a parody of a commercial for Chiquita bananas.
****
I'm Looking Over My Dead Dog Rover
How about this one? St. Louis, 70's
I'm looking over my dead dog Rover
The one that I ran with the mower
One leg is missing, the other ones gone,
the third leg is splattered all over the lawn.
No need explaining the leg remaining,
It's stuck to the kitchen door!
O, I'm looking over my dead dog Rover,
the one that I ran with the
mower, mower, mower, mower
-Colleen; 9/22/2006 ;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
Editor: This is a parody of the song "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover"
Thanks, Colleen for sending in demographical information along with your
example.
****
I'm Popeye The Sailor Man {Version #3}
Another children's parody song (El Paso, mid-1970s, Anglo boys and girls): I'm
Popeye the Sailor-Man I live in a garbage can I eat all the worms and spit out
the germs I'm Popeye the Sailor-Man!
-Mark; 3/23/2008
Editor:
Thanks, Mark! I appreciate you sending in this example. For those who aren't
familiar with this term, in the USA, "Anglo" is used primarily in the
Southwestern region of the USA to mean "White people". "Anglo" comes from the
referent "Anglo-Saxon".
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I'm Popeye The Sailor Man {Version #3}
Popeye the sailor man
He lives in a garbage can
He turned on the heater
And blew off his wiener
He's Popeye the Sailor man
-Guest ,Didi, 3/10/2002;
"Naughty kids' greatest hits II"
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998
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I'm Popeye The Sailor Man {Version #2}
I'm Popeye The Sailor Man {Toot! Toot!}
I live in a garbage can
I go swimmin with bow legged wimmin
I'm Popeye The Sailor Man {Toot! Toot!}
Editor:
I remember this parody from my childhood & teenage years {Atlantic City, New
Jersey, 1950s, mid 1960s}.
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I'm Popeye The Sailor Man {Version #1}
...I heard kids sing years ago...
I'm Popeye the sailor man
I live in a garbage can
I eat all the worms
And throw up the germs
I'm Popeye the sailor man.
-Bob B.; 2/19/1999;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=9123#59472; Lyrics for Popeye the
Sailor Man
Editor: This is a parody of the song "Popeye The Sailorman". Btw, a poster to
that thread identifies this tune as "The Sailor's Hornpipe".
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I Wish I Had Underwear Made Of Cotton
Another underwear song: to the tune of the first verse of "dixie land"
I wish i had underwear made of cotton!
All my wool ones are itchy and rotten!
Look away! Look away! Look away!
Let me scratch!
I cant belive i still remember that...
-Guest, Rachel; 10/8/2006 ;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=72240&messages=45#1624353
RE: I have lost my underwear
Editor: This is a parody of the song "Dixie".
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Incy Wincey Spider
incy wincy spider climbed up the water spout
i turned on the tap and washed that spider out
but that dumb spider climbed up the spout again
so i squished the dumb spider blimey what a pain.
-Guest, chunkey; 1/7/2005 ;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998#59283; Naughty kids' greatest
hits II
Editor: This is a parody of the children's rhyme "The Incy Wincey Spider"
****
Inky Pinky Parlez-Vous
A fart went rolling down the street, parlez-vous
A fart went rolling down the street, parlez-vous
A fart went rolling down the street
Knocked a copper off his feet
Inky-pinky parlez-vous
-Meic ; 3/31/2007;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998#59283; Naughty kids' greatest
hits II
Editor: This is a parody of the World War I French song "Madamoiselle from
Armentières". That song is said to be based on a song of the British
Indian Army called "Skiboo". See
http://www.everypoet.org/pffa/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4777 for more
information about "Madamoiselle from Armentières" and a longer example of this
parody.
J, K, L
Jack & Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water
stupid Jill forgot her pill
and now they have a daughter!
My mom caught me swinging on the closeline singing this one day, and made me
hold a bar of Fels Naphtha in my mouth for ten minutes -- and I didn't even know
what "forgot her pill" meant...
-marymarymary; 10/15/200;
http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40139 "What did you sing as a kid?"
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Jingle Bells {Version #5}
Dashing through the snow on a pair of broken skis, Over the clifs we
go...smashing into tree. (Ow, Ow, Ow) The snow is turning red, I think I'm
almost dead, I woke up in the hospital with stitches in my head.
Oh jingle bells it hurt like hell when I hit that tree, if I'm not back in a
half-hour call 911 for me!
A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride, on my snowmobile with stitches
stI'll in my side. (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh) I hit a patch of ice, it wasn't very nice,
you'd think I learned the first time but again I pay the price.
Oh jingle bells it hurt like hell when I hit that tree, if I'm not back in a
half-hour call 911 for me!
I've learned very well, that when the weater's bad, I won't go out on anymore
adventures like I had. When winter comes again, I don't think I will roam, I
almost got killed twice this year so I think I'll stay home.
Oh jingle bells it hurt like hell when I hit that tree, if I'm not back in a
half-hour call 911 for me!
i love this song it is so funny i heard it from my friend today
-Guest, crissi;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=41750&messages=51 "Lyr Add: Jingle
Bells, Batman Smells"; 12/21/2007
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Jingle Bells {Version #4}
{to the tune jingle bells}
Dashing through the snow
on a pair of broken skis
over the hills we go
crashing into trees
{bam bam bam}
the snow is turning red
I think I might be dead
Oh no! I'm in the hospital
with needles in my head
Jingle bells jingle bells
Santa is dead
because Rudolph took a 22
and shot him in the head
Oh, Barbie girl barbie girl
tried to save his life.
But Ken from Mexico
stabbed her with a knife.
-Alexandra, age 13 years {Canada}; collected by
Azizi Powell; posted on
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php on 10/24/2005;
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Jingle Bells {Version #3}
Jingle Bells Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
The Batmoblie lost a wheel and
Joker taught ballett! Hay!
-Elizabeth C;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php ; 10/14/2005
****
Jingle Bells {Version #2}
Here's a version of Jingle Bells, collected from my kids:
Batman's in the kitchen
Robin's in the hall
Joker's in the bathroom
Peeing on the wall
Ha ha ha
Jingle Bells,
Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
The Batmobile lost a wheel
And the Joker plays ballet, hey!
-Jacob {from his daughter Julia, 15, and his son Michael, 13}; Arlington,
Massachusetts; via electronic mail to Azizi Powell; 3/25/2006
Editor:
Thanks. Jacob, Julia, and Michael for sharing that song as well as a version of
"God Save The King" that is posted above. Jacob indicated that his children
haven't used these rhymes much in a while. They enjoyed them more two to four
years ago.)
****
Jingle Bells {Version #1}
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Rudolph picked his nose,
Oh what fun it is to ride
in Granny's pantyhose!
-Guest ,Didi ;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998
; "Naughty kids' greatest hits II";
3/10/2002
Editor: This is a parody of the Christmas song "Jingle Bells"
****
Jose Can You See
Jose, can you see, any bedbugs on me?
If you do, take a few, they look better on you
-Earl; 9/12/1997;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2794#12367 ; Naughty kids' greatest
hits
Editor: This is a parody of the first line of the "The Star Spangled Banner".
"Jose" [pronounced Ho-say] is Spanish for the masculine name "Joseph".
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Joy To The World
Joy to the world
My teacher's dead
Let's barbecue her head.
And what about her body?
Let's flush it down the potty
And round and round it goes
And round and round it goes
And round, and round
And round it goes
-Cool Beans {from his daughter}; in the early 1990s (in Detroit);
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87050 ; Lyr Req: Kid's
Parodies
Editor: This is a parody of the Christmas carol "Joy To The World".
Visit Cocojams' Teacher Taunts page for other examples of "Joy To The World"
parodies.
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Kookaburra
Kookaburra sits on the railway track
along comes a train and squashes him flat
Kookaburra sits on the 'lectric wire
Jumping up & down with his pants on fire
-running.hare;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=43936#1168354; Lyr Req: row row
row your boat parodies ; 4/15/2003
M, N, O
Marijuana
I heard this one around 1970 in El Paso, from Anglo and Hispanic girls and
boys. (Sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques"): Marijuana, marijuana LSD, LSD
Scientists make it Teachers take it Why can't we? Why can't we?
-Mark; 3/23/2008
****
McDonalds Is Your Kind Of Place
McDonald's is your kind of place.
They serve you rattlesnakes,
French fries between your toes,
Hamburgers up your nose.
The last time that I was there
They served me underwear.
McDonald's is your kind of place.
-NightWing; 10/11/2004; Mudcat thread "Jingles you remember"; also posted on
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87050 Lyr Req: Kid's Parodies
Editor: This is a parody of this 1966 McDonalds' jingle:
McDonald's is our kind of place.
It's such a happy place.
Hap, hap, happy place
A clean and snappy place.
McDonald's is our kind of place.
It's such a happy place.
McDonald's is our kind of place.
[spoken] Your kind of place.
****
My Pokemon Cards
My pokemon cards bring all the nerds to the yard and they're like 'do you
wanna trade cards?' they're like do you wanna trade cards?' i could teach u but
with no charge
-Teena; 5/16/2008
Editor: Teena wrote "This is a parody of Milkshake". My Milkshake is a
R&B song whose lyrics are similar to those lines.
****
Oh Beautiful For
Spaceship Guys
Oh beautiful
For spaceship guys
God shed his skin on thee,
And crown thy good with Robin Hood
From sea to shining sea
DC area)
-Severn; "Heigh
Ho, Heigh Ho, I Bit the Teacher's Toe!",
3/26/2005
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2795#12230
Editor: This is a parody
of "Oh Beautiful For Spacious Skies
Thanks, Severn for permission to repost this and other examples of children's
rhymes that you've shared on Mudcat Discussion Forum!
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Oh Say Can You See
We not only
sang 'em after school, but also after Sunday School:
Oh say can you see
Any bed bugs on me
If you do
Take a few
"cause I got them from you...
(For the
person who wanted demographics, early to mid 1950's Washington, DC area)
-Severn; "Heigh
Ho, Heigh Ho, I Bit the Teacher's Toe!",
27 Mar 05
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2795#12230
Editor: This is a parody of "The Star Spangled Banner"
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On Top Of Old Smokey
I learned this version of "On Top Of Old Smokey" as a kid in the mid-1970s
in El Paso. My school was mostly Anglo (i.e., Caucasian) and Hispanic (in that
order), with some African-Americans and Asian-Americans; it was always other
Anglos I heard sing this and always boys, never girls. On top of Old Smokey All
covered with blood I shot my teacher With a .44 gun. I went to her funeral I
went to her grave Instead of throwing flowers I threw a grenade.
-Mark; 3/23/2008
Editor:
See additional versions of On Top Of Old Smokey on Cocojams' Teacher Taunts
page.
P, Q, R
Playmate {Version #5}
Actually these are the nice and the playground varients of this song I know:
My little playmate
Come out and play with me
And bring your dollies, 3
Climb up my apple tree
Slide down my rain barrel
Into my cellar door
And we'll be jolly friends
Forever more!
My little enemy
Come out and fight with me
And bring your ..., 3
Climb up my poison oak
Slide down my razor blade
Into my dungeon door
And we'll be horrible enemies
Forever more!
I can't remember what the enemy was supposed to bring 3 of...I'm guessing it
wasn't dollies though.
-Kari; 8/1/2003;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
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My Little Enemy {Version #3 of "Playmate"}
what about this one:
my little enemy
come out and play with me
and bring your dollies 3
climb up my apple tree
slide down my rain barrel
into my dungeon floor
and we'll be faithful enemies
for ever more more more
-Jill; 7/31/2003;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
****
Playmate {Version #2}
See, see my playmate
Come out and play with me
And bring your dollies three
Climb up my cherry tree
Slide down my rainbow
Into my cellar door
And we'll be jolly friends
Forevermore
One, two, three, four....
See, see my enemy
Come out and fight with me
My dolly has the flu
I'll make you cry, boo-hoo
Slide down my razor blade
Into my dungeon door
And we'll be enemies
Forevermore
-marymarymary ; 10/15/2001;
http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40139 "What did you sing as a kid?"
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Playmate {Example #1}
...I talked my girls at dinner tonight. They supplied the following which has
some tune to it. Done as a hand jive. Two versions, nice and not nice.
Playmate
Say say my playmate
Come out and play with me
and Bring your dollies three
Climb up my apple tree
Slide down my rainbow
and we'll be playmates forever more.
Enemy
Say say my enemy
Come out and fight with me
And bring your devils three
Climb up my poison tree
Slide down my razor
Slam! into the dungeon door
And we'll be enemies forever more.
-Marc B; 3/11/1998;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=4300: Children's Street Songs
Editor:
This is a parody of the children's song "Say Say My Playmate". "Hand jives" is
another way of saying "handclap rhymes"
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Reuben, Reuben,
I've Been Thinking
Reuben, Reuben, I been thinking-What a fine world this would be!
If all the teaches were deported, far beyond the southern sea!
Rachel, Rachel I been thinking, If they went beyond the sea,
Every boy would get an "A" and every girl would get a "D".
-Neighmond {Chaz James};
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=36629 "Back Of The Bus Songs";
1/24/2005
Editor: This is a parody of the folk song "Reuben, Reuben,
I've Been Thinking".
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Rockin Robin, {Version #6}
He rocks in the tree top
all night long
ah huffin and ah puffin
and ah singin his song.
All the little birds on Jay Bird street
Loves to hear the robin go
TWEET TWEET TWEET
Rockin Robin
Tweet Tweetdalee
Rockin Robin
Tweet Tweetdalee
Oh rockin Robin ur Really gonna rock tonight!
TWEET TWEET, tweetdalee
Mama’s in the kitchen
Bakein’ fried chicken.
Daddy’s in bed
HALF WAY DEAD
-Christianne; 10/9/2005 ;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
****
Rockin Robin, {Version #4}
HA HA All these posts made my day!
A tweet a tweet a bumble bee
She rocks in the tree top all day long
Huffin and puffin and singing that song
All the little birdies on Jacob st.
Love to hear that song go TWEET TWEET TWEET
rockin robin
tweet tweet-a-lee
rockin robin
tweet tweet-a-lee
Mommas in the kitchen
making fried chicken
dads in bed
half way dead
sisters in skool
acting like a fool
brothers in jail
trying to post bail
rockin robin
tweet tweet-a-lee
rockin robin
tweet tweet-a-lee
-socalgal89; 6/16/2005;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
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Rockin Robin {Version #3}
Swing, Swing, Swing to
the USA, HEY-HEY.
rockin' in the treetop all day long.
Huffin' and a puffin' and a singing this song.
all the little birds on Jabor street
had a little song that goes tweet-tweet-tweet
Rockin' robins, tweet-tweedalee, Rockin' robins, tweet-tweedalee.
Momma's in the kitchen cooking rice.
Daddy's in the bathroom acting nice.
sister's at school, being cool
Brother's in jail, sending mail.
- Liz; 4/12/2005 ;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
****
Rockin Robin {Version #2}
swing swing swing to te usa hey hey rockin in atreeto all day long huffin and a
puffin and singin that song all the lil birdies on jaybird street love to here
therobins go tweet tweet tweet rockin robintweet tweetalee rockin robin tweet
tweetalee mama in he kitchen cookin fried rice daddy oUt side shootin some dice
brothA in jail drinkin gingerale sista roun te corner sellin FRUIT COCTAIL
rockin robin tweet tweetalee rockin robin tweet tweetalee batman and robin flyin
in the air batman lost his underwear batmn said i dont care cause robingoin to
by me azillion more pair rockinrobin tweet tweetalee iwent down town to getsum
btta saw james brown sittin ina gutta gotta piece of glass stuck it up his i
neva seen a black man runso fast rockinrobin tweet tweet alee
-j-mil; 3/19/2005 ;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
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Rockin Robin {also known as "Tweedalee"}; Version #1
Tweeleelee
Treetop
Tweeleelee
My Prop
Tweeleelee
Popsicle, popsicle
Your butt stinks. {or, "Your breath stinks"}
He rocks in the tree top
all night long
ah huffin and ah puffin
and ah singin his song.
All the little birds on Jay Bird street
Loves to hear the robin go
Tweet Tweet Tweet
Rockin Robin
Tweet Tweedalee
Rockin Robin
Tweet Tweedalee
I went downtown
to get ah stick of butter.
I saw James Brown
layin in the gutter.
I saw an piece of glass
stickin up his butt*
I never saw a Black man
run so fast.
Mama’s in the kitchen
cookin rice.
Daddy’s outside
shootin dice
Brother’s in jail
raisin bail **
Sister’s on the corner
Sellin FRUIT COCKTAIL
-African American girls and boys; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 1997-2004
* or "your breath stinks"
** probably was originally "ass"
*** less frequently chanted as "pissin in the pail"
Editor: "Rockin Robin" {also known as "Tweedalee" or similar sounding
titles} is a parody of Michael Jackson's version of "Rockin Robin". This is a
very popular handclap rhyme among African American children & youth in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It appears to also be well known in other cities.
****
Row Row Row Your
Boat {Example #4}
Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Throw your teacher overboard
Listen to her scream: 'Aaah!'
Ten days later
All that you could see
Was your teacher's underwear
Floating down the stream.
(sung to the 'Row your Boat' tune)
-electronic email from Uke to Azizi Powell [his school age daughter's
recitation; New Zealand] ;
8/29/2006
Editor: This "Row Row Row Your Boat" version is a teacher taunt. Cocojams'
readers, remember to check out more teacher taunts on Cocojams' Teacher Taunts
page!
****
Row Row Row Your
Boat {Example #3}
Row row row your boat
Gently down the river
If you see a polar bear
Dont forget to shiver
-Guest, Jules; 1/15/2006 ;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=43936#1168354; Lyr Req: row row
row your boat parodies
****
Row Row Row Your
Boat {Example #2}
Or the highbrow one.
Propell, propell, propell your craft
Placidly down the liquid solution.
Happily, happily, happily,
Existence is but a delusion.
-Guest, Dave; 4/15/2003 ;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=43936#1168354; Lyr Req: row row
row your boat parodies
****
Row Row Row Your
Boat {Example #1}
Row row row your boat
gently down a stream
ha ha fooled ya
I'm a submarine
-Guest, Raggytash; 4/15/2003;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=43936#1168354; Lyr Req: row row
row your boat parodies
Editor: This is a parody of the song "Row Row Row Your Boat".
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Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer {Version #4}
For Rudolph fans, here is Rudolph the red-gunned Cowdeer.
Rudolph the red-gunned cowdeer,
Had a very shiny gun.
And if you ever saw it,
It would make you want to run.
All of the other cowdeer
Used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any cowdeer games (like poker).
Then one foggy Christmas Eve
The sheriff came to say
"Rudolph with your gun so bright,
Won't you shoot my wife tonight?"
Then all the cowdeer loved him
And they shouted out with glee (with glee)
"Rudolph the red-gunned cowdeer
You'll go down in history!"
-Cat;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php; Octoblog;
3/28/2007
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Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer {Version #3}
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose (like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it (saw it)
You would even say it glowed (like a stop light)
All of the other reindeer (reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio)
They never let poor Rudolph (Rudolph)
Join in any reindeer games (like Monopoly)
Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say (Ho, ho, ho)
Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight
Then how the reindeer loved him (loved him)
And they shouted out with glee (ha, ha, ha)
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer)
You'll go down in history...(like George Washington)
-open mike; 12/17/2004;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=76629;
Lyr Req: got any kid's additions for Rudolph?
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Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer {Version #2}
Well I guess my kids aren't all that naughty because the best I can come up with
is the version of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer with the echos (in parentheses)
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer (reindeer)
had a very shiny nose (like a lightbulb)
and if you ever saw it (saw it)
you would even say it glows (like a lightbulb)
All of the other reindeer(reindeer)
used to laugh and call him names (like Pinochio)
they never let poor Rudolph (Rudolph)
join in any reindeer games (like football)
Then one foggy Christmas eve,
Santa came to say (ho ho ho)
Rudolph with your nose so bright,
won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer loved him (loved him)
and they shouted out with glee (yippee)
Rudolph the red-nose reindeer (reindeer)
you'll go down in history (like Columbus)
If memory serves, this was featured on an episode of "The Simpsons."
-Jon W.; 9/15/1997;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2794#12367 ; Naughty kids'greatest
hits;
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Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer {Version #1}
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose (like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it (saw it)
You would even say it glowed (like a flashlight)
All of the other reindeer (reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio)
They never let poor Rudolph (Rudolph)
Join in any reindeer games (like Monopoly)
Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say {say What?!}
Rudolph with your nose so bright
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then how the reindeer loved him (loved him)
And they shouted out with glee (Hurrah!}
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer)
You'll go down in history...(like Columbus}
-girls & boys, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; collected by Azizi Powell, 1997
Editor: This call & response like version of the Christmas song "Rudolph the Red
Nose Reindeer" may not really be a parody. But it's so creative and it appears
to be so widely known, that I had to include it somewhere on Cocojams and I
though this was the best page for it. Btw, In 2006 I heard some African American
children in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania say "You'll go down in history {like Martin
Luther King}.
If this version isn't really a parody, then there's no question in my mind that
some other versions of this song {such as version # 4} is indeed a parody of the original "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer"
song.
S, T, U, V
School Dinners
School dinners, school dinners Concrete chips, concrete chips, Soggy
semolina, soggy semolina Toilet quick, I feel sick Too late I done it on me mate
(To the tune of Frere Jacques)
-Trevor; 10/15/2001;
http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40139 "What did you sing as a kid?"
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Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay
Ta ra ra boom de-ay, our teacher died today We threw her in the bay and watched
her float away The sharks had lunch today, ta ra ra boom de-ay
-Susan S; 12/22/2007
{Oregon}
Editor: This parody is based on the minstrel song "Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay"
; Read additional versions of this parody on Cocojams' Teacher Taunt
page.
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The Cutest Boy I Ever Saw
The cutest boy (echo)
I ever saw(echo)
was sipping so(echo)
da from a straw(echo)
(repeat)
He looked at me(echo)
I looked at him(echo)
He smiled at me(echo)
I smiled at him(echo)
(repeat)
I asked him if(echo)
he'd show me how(echo)
to sip my so(echo)
da from a straw(echo)
(repeat)
He said of course(echo)
he'd show me how(echo)
to sip my so(echo)
da from a straw(echo)
(repeat)
From cheek to cheek(echo)
and jaw to jaw(echo)
we sipped our so(echo)
da from a straw(echo)
(repeat)
Then suddenly(echo)
the straw did slip(echo)
and we did sip(echo)
from lip to lip (echo)
(repeat)
Thats how i got(echo)
my mother in law(echo)
and 49 kids(echo)
to call me ma(echo)
(repeat)
The morale of(echo)
this little tale(echo)
is sip your so(echo)
da from a pale(echo)
(repeat)
-Unknown; 6/9/2005 ;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
Editor: This is a parody of the song "The Prettiest Girl I Ever Saw". The last
word in the song "pale" is a misspelling of the word "pail".
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The Littlest Worm
The littlest worm (the littlest worm)
I ever saw (I ever saw)
Got stuck inside (got stuck inside)
My soda straw (my soda straw)
The littlest worm I ever SAW-AW-AW
Got stuck inside my soda straw
He said to me (he said to me)
Don't take a sip (don't take a sip)
For if you do (for if you do)
You'll surely flip (you'll surely flip)
He said to me don't take a SIP-IP-IP
For if you do you'll surely flip
I took a sip (I took a sip)
And he went down (and he went down)
Right through my pipes (right through my pipes)
He must h ave drowned (he must have drowned)
I took a sip and he went DOWN-OWN-OWN
Right through my pipes, he must have drowned
He was my pal (he was my pal)
He was my friend (he was my friend)
And now he's gone (and now he's gone)
And that's the end (and that's the end)
He was my pal, he was my FRIEND-END-END
And now he's gone and that's the end
And just to make (and just to make)
Things even worse (things even worse)
I've added on (I've added on)
This extra verse (this extra verse)
And just to make things even WORSE-ORSE-ORSE
I've added on this extra verse.
(Philadelphia, late seventies. Sung on long school bus rides).
-katja; 7/18/2006;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
Editor: This is a parody of the song "The Prettiest Girl I Ever Saw"/
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The Old Gray Mare
As kids we used to sing that one this way:
The old grey mare,
Sat in a 'lectric chair,
Burnt off her underwear,
Couldn't get another pair,
Many long years ago.
-van lingle; 5/18/2008;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=72240&messages=47 ; "I have
lost my underwear & other underwear songs"
Editor:
Via electronic mail, van lingle shared the following information with me about
this parody of the song The Old Gray Mare: " I grew up in Wheaton,
Maryland, USA in the 50's and 60's (born in '52). Girls used to sing that one
while skipping rope. There were other nonsense verses put to "Old Grey Mare" but
I don't remember any. I was hoping someone could add a few."
Cocojams readers, if you know any other verses to parodies of this song, please
send them it!
W, X, Y, Z
We Three Kings {Version #2}
Based on the three kings of Christmas:
We three kings of Orient are
tried to smoke a smelly cigar
It was loaded, and exploded,
oh what sorry kings we are!
-diana; 11/2/2005 ;
http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php
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We Three Kings {Version #1}
Three kings or orient are
One of them lighted a big black cigar
It was loaded it exploded
two kings of orient are.
Two kings of orient are.
One of them lighted a big black cigar.
It was loaded, it exploded.
One king of orient are.
One king of orient are.
He lighted a big black cigar.
it was loaded, it exploded.
Silent night...
Jingle bellski jingle bellski jingle all the wayski.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm Russian the season."
-LadyJean {Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania} ;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53930&messages=38
"Christmas parodies"; 10/21/2003
Editor: This parody of the Christmas carol "We Three Kings" ends with a Jingle
Bells parody verse.
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While Shepherds Watched Their Socks By Night {Version #2}
Yet another version - we used to sing:
While shepherds washed their socks by night
All seated round the tub
The angel of the Lord came down
And they began to scrub.
-Snuffy; 12/3/2000;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53930&messages=38
"Christmas parodies"
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While Shepherds Watched Their Socks By Night {Version #1}
G'day all,
We used to sing this here in Oz when I was a fair bit younger:
While shepherds washed their socks by night
All seated on the ground
A bar of Sunlight soap came down
And bubbles floated round
-Jennie G; 12/2/2000;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53930&messages=38
"Christmas parodies"
Editor: This is a parody of the song "While Shepherds Watched Their Flock By
Night." Sunlight is a brand name for soap in Australia. "Oz" is a
nickname for Australia. "Oz" comes from "Aussie", a well meaning, colloquial
referent for Australians.
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Whistle While You Work
Ah, and in my Republican white collar suburb of Detroit, in the 50's we
sang:
Whistle while you work
Stevenson's a jerk
Eisenhower has the power
Whistle while you work.
-Barbara; 5/11/2005;
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=81350&messages=222
I'm Rubber . You're Glue: Children's Rhymes
This is a parody of the song "Whistle While You Work"
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Yankee Doddle
This is a parody to "Yankee Doodle" Yankee Doodle went to town Riding on a
heater Accidentally pulled the switch And burned his little wiener
-Allison; 3/16/2008
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