Children's Parodies

CHILDREN'S PARODIES

This page contains examples of parodies that have no known composers. All of these parodies may not have been composed by children & teens, but they all were sung or chanted by children & teens.

Ms. Azizi Powell, Founder/Editor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lastest update: April 18, 2013

INFORMATION ABOUT EXAMPLES
A parody is "a literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/parodies.

The examples featured on this page are 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. The parody example could also be based on a Mother Goose rhyme, another type of children's rhyme, or some other poem that is known to children/teens and/or adults. 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" -Diane Hodges: Laugh Lines For Educators (Corwin Press, 2006; p. 16).

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 include 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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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 to those who remember to add demographical information.

Special thanks also to Hal Johnson and other members of Octoblog http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php for permission to repost examples from their blog. Note: Links to http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php now leads to a page that is different than the small blog that included a thread on school yard games. For folkloric purposes, I'm retaining what appears to be an inactive link with examples from that blog) If anyone has information about the blog that used to be called The Octoblog, Whee! Blog, or blog oftheoctopuses, please contact me at cocojams17@yahoo.com. Thanks.

Special thanks also to Max Spiegel, founder/owner 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.

In addition, special thanks to http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml for permission to repost examples from that website.

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Please send examples of children's parodies for possible posting on this page to cocojams17@yahoo.com

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Please be aware that by sharing your example or comment with me, you are giving me permission to include it in a book or in any other off-line publication.

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EXAMPLES OF CHILDRENS' PARODIES
[Examples are listed in alphabetical order and are presented in chronological order by date with the oldest date given first]

A, B, C
A 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; http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php; 7/25/2006

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".

Additional Barney parodies are found in the "I" section of this page.

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ALLY BALLY BEE (Version #1)
A thousand years ago - when I was a lad growing up in Newcastle, I heard a version with this as the chorus:

Ally bally, ally bally bee
Baby's high on LSD
Looks like sugar but it's not for tea
Selling Coulter's Candy

There was a verse about selling it through the neighbourhood ice cream van that came around...
-Guest, (Newcastle, Great Britain); http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=1183 lyr/Origins: Coulter's Candy (Caulter's ?) ; May 7, 2010

This is a parody of a British children's song called "Coulter's Candy".
Click http://www.jambalayah.com/node/864 to find a YouTube video of the original song along with lyrics and video viewers' comments.

Also click http://www.cocojams.com/content/handclap-jump-rope-and-elastics-rhymes to find an example of a skipping rhyme to this song.

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ALLY BALLY BEE (Version #2)
Ali bali ali bali bee
Sitting one ma mither’s knee
Greetin fur anither bawbee
Tae buy some Coulters candy

Oor wee Jean is getting o’er thin
She has lost her double chin
She’s been drinking to much gin
She should eat Coulter’s candy

Coulters candy a penny a lump
That’s the stuff to make you jump
If you jump your sure to fall
Okey cokey that’s all.
-http://www.oldleither.com/OurRHymes.html ; retrieved 9/9/2010

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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 (Version #1)
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; http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php; 11/2/2005

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends" which was popularized in the 1960s in the United States on the Mitch Miller television show. 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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BE KIND TO YOUR WEB FOOTED FRIENDS (Version #2)
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:
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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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

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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; reposted from http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=81350#1489424 I'm Rubber . You're Glue: Children's Rhymes; 2/11/2007

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; eena meena mackeracka (children's rhymes); Mudcat Discussion Forum' 7/1/2006

Editor:
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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CHRISTMAS IS GOING
You hear many Christmas songs about when Christmas is coming. I have one about when it’s going. It’s sung to the same tune as Christmas is coming- the geese are getting fat.

Christmas is going.
The Christmas tree’s gone thin.
So scoop up it’s needles and throw them in the bin.
The bins are overflowing, what are the bin men like?
They’ve left behind the rubbish and took the kids new bikes.
-Peter O.; July 7, 2012

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Editor:
"The bin" is another word for "trash can" (trash container). The bin man is the trashman (the man who collects the trash from the trash bags or trash containers).

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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.

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COMET (Version #2)
The tune [used for "Comet"] 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 #3)
Sung this one as a kid. Now I’m a big kid at 55.

Sung to the Tune of “Bridge over the River Kwai” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSB27WZFYXs

Comet, it tastes like Listerine,
Comet, it makes your teeth turn green,
Comet, it makes you vomit,
So, buy some Comet and Vomit today!
-Irene K-B (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), April 18, 2013
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai
"The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British-American World War II film directed by David Lean based on the 1952 French novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle....

A memorable feature of the film is the tune that is whistled by the POWs—the first strain of the march "Colonel Bogey"—when they enter the camp.[9] The march was originally written in 1914 by Kenneth J. Alford, a pseudonym of British Bandmaster Frederick J. Ricketts. The Colonel Bogey strain was accompanied by a counter-melody using the same chord progressions, then continued with film composer Malcolm Arnold's own composition "The River Kwai March," played by the off-screen orchestra taking over from the whistlers, though Arnold's march was not heard in completion on the soundtrack. Mitch Miller had a hit with a recording of both marches."

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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=109842
RE: Flower Songs; 3/28/2008

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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DAVY CROCKETT
Bald as a mountain top in Tennesee,
The shiniest head in the land of the free,
Wore a furry hat in the nursery,
Lost all his hair when he was only three!
-Flash Company, http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87050&messages=56 Lyr Req: Kid's Parodies, December, 11, 2005

Editor:
This is a parody of "Davy Crockett" (King of the wild frontier)

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DECK THE HALLS (Version #1)
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?
Guest Didi; -"Naughty kids' greatest hits II http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998 ; 3/10/2002

Editor:
This is a parody of the Christmas carol "Deck The Halls".

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DECK THE HALLS (Version #2)
Here's another song, to the tune of deck the halls with something...

Deck the halls with poison ivy,
Falalalala,lalalala
Flush a Barbie down the toilet,
Falalalala,lalalala
Break a window, pop a tire,
Falala, lalala, lalala
Set your sister's hair on fire,
Falalalala, lalalala

I posted these songs because I saw songs similar to these, but not with the same lyrics.
-Blood Jelly (Kyla W); Folsom, California; 12/11/2009

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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
GOD BLESS MY UNDERWEAR (Version #1)
God bless my underwear
my only pair
stand beside it, and guide it
through the holes and the rips and the tears.
From the washer, to the dryer, to the clothesline, wild and free,
God bless my underwear, my only pair.
-Alice Cascorbi; 9/15/1997; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2794&messages=114
Naughty kids' greatest hits

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "God Bless America".

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GOD BLESS MY UNDERWEAR (Version #2)
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; http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php ; 4/9/2004

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GOD BLESS MY UNDERWEAR (Version #3)
To the tune of God Bless America:

God bless my underwear, my only pair.
Stand beside them, and guide them,
Through the rips, through the holes, through the tears.
From the washer, to the dryer, to the clothesline in the air.
God bless my underwear, my only pair.
-ErrahM ; http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/2005/05/a_readers_plea/comments... ; September 25, 2010

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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 is a parody of the children's playground 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".

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GOD SHAVE THE QUEEN
My college girlfriend from Montreal said that they used to sing this version of God Save The Queen in the 1960's. She didn't remember how they used to sing the sixth line, but I've included the line I created to fill the gap.

God shave our gracious Queen
Shave her with shaving cream
God shave the Queen
Send her to Halifax
Make her pay income tax
[Seal her with sealing wax}
God shave the Queen.
-Jacob B, http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87050&messages=56 Lyr Req: Kid's Parodies, Dec 8, 2005

Editor:
This is a parody of "God Save The Queen"

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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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53930&messages=38
"Christmas parodies" ; 12/3/2000

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "Good King Wenceslas"

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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 as "Glory Glory Hallelujah", the beginning words of its chorus). 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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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 about vthe possible differences between the types of parodies that some White children/teens and some Black children/teens may know and recite.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
(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 the "H" page of Cocojams' School Yard Taunting Rhymes section for more examples of "Happy Birthday To You". Also, see rhymes on that page entitled "Happy Birthday (People Are Dying)" and "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
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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53930&messages=38
"Christmas parodies"; 12/2/2000

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.

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HASTEN JASON
This is a sort of backstory to "Hasten, Jason." I learned it from my mother, who would be 101 now.

(Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean")

My stomach is in a commotion,
My head's hanging over the rail,
I don't want to dirty the ocean,
So somebody bring me a pail!

Come up, Come up,
Come up, my dinner, come up, come up,
Come up, Come up,
Come up, my dinner, come up.

(Switch tune to "Old Black Joe")
I'm coming, I'm coming,
For my head is hanging low...*
("low" is sung a half-step sharp, which puts an edge on things)

(Switch to a 2/4 rap-like delivery)
"Hasten, Jason,
Bring the basin!"

(...pause)
...too late.
Get the mop."

This was a song that kind of grew and grew among my elementary school girlfriends. I think someone offered the first verse, and we probably sung it at home, and some family member would add something, which we kids would share the next evening. I learned "Hasten, Jason" from my Mom, who was a classical musician and a proper Bostonian. I remember being quite shocked that she knew this sort of thing.
-Marjorie; 11/1/2009

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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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=81350#1490965
"I'm Rubber . You're Glue: Children's Rhymes" ; 5/27/2005

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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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; (The United Kingdom); http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=69896&messages=49 ; Here Comes the Bride; 2/8/2008

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HI HO HI HO
(Sung to the tune of Hi Ho)
Hi ho, hi ho
It's off to work we go,
We drink, we smoke,
We sniff some coke,
Hi ho hi ho hi ho hi ho!
-http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml ; reposted with permission-10/15/2008

Editor:
This is a parody of the Disney song "Heigh Ho Heigh Ho"

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HOW DRY I AM
When I was a kid we sang:

How dry I am,
How wet I'll be
If I don't find
The Bathroom key
Now here's the key
But where's the door?
Aw, oops, too late
It's on the floor

It was even more fun as a chorus.
-rabbitrunning ; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998; Naughty kids' greatest hits II; 9/5/2000

Editor: This is a parody of the song "How Dry I Am"

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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; Songs from Kids Shows; also posted on http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87050, Lyr Req: Kid's Parodies; 2/14/2007

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'M A FORD
I don't want to trivialize this excellent thread, but when we were singing with migrant farm-working families in the New York State orchards, some of the kids sang:

I'm a little piece of tin,
Nobody knows the shape I'm in.
Got four wheels and a runnin' board.
I'm a Ford, Lord, I'm a Ford!
Honk, honk, rattle, rattle, rattle, crash, beep, beep.
Honk, honk, rattle, rattle, rattle, crash, beep, beep.
Honk, honk, rattle, rattle, rattle, crash, beep, beep.
Honk, honk, rattle, rattle, rattle, crash, beep, beep.
- Sandy Paton; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=80670&messages=85 Lyr Req: Songs about Fords ; April 25, 2008

Editor:
This is a parody of the children's song "I'm A Nut".
Click that link given above to find the remainder of that post in which one of the adults adds that same ending to the "original" words of "I'm a Nut."

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I BELIEVE I CAN FLY (Version #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". Visit 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 BELIEVE I CAN FLY (Version #2)
I believe I can fly/I just got shot by the FBI/All I wanted is chicken wing/From McDonald or Burger King/I believe I can soar/Right through the grocery store/I believe I can fly.
-Andrew (@Pudong airport, Shanghai); posted on YouTube by akeksoft; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcbcScOXtNk&feature=related; August 26, 2006 [Retrieved March 29, 2010]

"Andrew sings an altered song @Pudong airport, Shanghai. The sound doesn't sync with the video though. Blame the canon camera."

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I BELIEVE I CAN FLY (Version #3)
(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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=102055 "Folklore: Play Ground Hand Jives" 5/30/2007

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I BELIEVE I CAN FLY (Version #4)
Hi! I have known a few songs from my elementary school, Natoma Station. I live in Folsom, CA and is currently in middle school at Sutter Middle (there are actually two. These kids would always sing funny parody (my dad says they aren't parody songs, so I am not that sure...) songs, but kids at middle school never sing them anymore...

I believe I can fly
I got shot by the FBI
All I wanted was a chicken wing,
From Burger King

I don't know the name of the actual song
-Blood Jelly (Kyla W); California; 12/11/2009

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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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=72240&messages=38 ; "I have lost my underwear" ; 9/7/2004

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "Bye Bye Blackbird".

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I HAVE LOST MY UNDERWEAR (Version #2)
...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 HATE BOSCO (Version #1)
I hate Bosco! It's awful bad for me!
Mommy puts it in my milk to try to poison me!
I fooled Mommy! I put some in her tea,
And now there's no more Mommy to try to poison me!

Americans of appropriate age will remember the original Bosco jingle.
-Melani; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40139; What did you sing as a kid?; October 15, 2001

Editor:
"Bosco" is the brand name of a chocolate flavored syrup that is marketed to add to milk. The Bosco company is based in New Jersey and Bosco syrup is sold in stores in some states in the the USA and elswhere throughout the world. The stores and the website also sell strawberry flavored syrup.

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 BOSCO (Version #2)
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!”

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I HATE BOSCO (Version #3)
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 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 Barney,the purple dinosaur 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").

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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.; from her memories of Pittsburgh in the 1980s, collected by Azizi Powell, 12/05

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I HATE YOU YOU HATE ME (Version #3)
Hi! I've been loving looking at all the kid's songs 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 to you and other visitors who submit examples,Cocojams has become the number #1 online resource for contemporary English language children's playground rhymes. Keep your examples coming!

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I'M LOOKING OVER MY DEAD DOG ROVER (Version #1)
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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998#59283;
Naughty kids' greatest hits II; 4/7/2000

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover"

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I'M LOOKING OVER MY DEAD DOG ROVER (Version #2)
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; http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php; 9/22/2006

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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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=4300 ; Children's Street Songs; 7/1/2004

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "I Love You" from the children's television show "Barney & Friends". See examples of "I Hate You You Hate Me" above.

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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 (brand) bananas.

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I'M POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN (Version #1)
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!)
-Azizi P.; from memories of my childhood & teenage years (Atlantic City, New Jersey), 1950s

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "Popeye The Sailorman". The tune that is used for this parody is "The Sailor's Hornpipe".

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I'M POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN (Version #2)
...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.; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=9123#59472; Lyrics for Popeye the Sailor Man; 2/19/1999

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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, "Naughty kids' greatest hits II" http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998; 3/10/2002

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I'M POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN (Version #4)
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:
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 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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=72240&messages=45#1624353 ; I have lost my underwear; 10/8/2006

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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998#59283; Naughty kids' greatest hits II; 1/7/2005

Editor:
This is a parody of the children's rhyme "The Incy Wincey Spider"

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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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998#59283; Naughty kids' greatest hits II; ; 3/31/2007

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 for a longer example of this parody and for more information about "Madamoiselle from Armentières".

J, K, L
JACK & JILL (Version #1)
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; http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40139 "What did you sing as a kid?"; 10/15/2000

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JACK & JILL (Version #2)
Jack and Jill went up the hill
to have a little fun,
Stupid Jill forgot the pill,
and now they have a son.
Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water
Jack got horny, Jill got corny
and now they have a daughter.
Jack and Jill went up the hill
to smoke some marijuana
Jack got high, unzipped his fly
and Jill said "Ooh, I wanna."
-http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml ; assessed on 3/17/2009 by Azizi P.

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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"

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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

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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

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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 (Alberta; Canada); collected by Azizi Powell, 10/21/2005

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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 #6)
dashing through the snow
on a pair of broken skis
over the hills we go
crashing into trees
the snow is turnng red
i think im gonna be dead
i woke up in the hospital
with chickens on my head
ohh jingle bells
shotgun shells
batman laid a gun
he shot his butt in pizza hut
in 1941 hey
-Guest, person 123;12/11/2008

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JINGLE BELLS (Version #7)
I have a song!

Dashing through snow, on a of broken skis, bumping into trees!
The snow is turning red, I think I might be dead,
Woke up in a hospital with stiches In my head!
Oh, 911, 911, pair of medical skis
Falalala, I've got purple jeans!

The purple jeans part meant the person had so many bruises their legs were purple! Funny! I love this place, because it reminds me of the past... I LOVE COCOJAMS!
-Blood Jelly (Kyla W); Folsom, California; 12/13/2009

Editor:
Thanks, Blood Jelly, for sending in those examples and thanks also for your compliment about Cocojams! This website is a volunteer labor of love and it makes me feel good that I love that there are people out there who are reading and helping to make this resource better by sending in examples and comments. I really appreciate your support.

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JINGLE BELLS (Version #8)
Jingle Bells,
Batman Smells,
Robin laid a gun!
Shot a deer
In the rear,
In 1981!!!!!
-blood jelly (Kyla W); Folsom, California; 12/13/2009

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JINGLE BELLS (Version #9)
I wish there were verses, but try this to the chorus of jingle bells.

Jingle bells! Oscar smells!
Big bird laid an egg.
Mr. Hooper let a pooper on maria's leg.
-aloyzius P ; February 16, 2012

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JOY TO THE WORLD (Version #1)
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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JOY TO THE WORLD (Version #2)
i used to think it was something we just had in our school. for joy to the world, we sang it a but differently. we used to sing

joy to the world
the school burned down
and all the teachers died
except for the principle (or the name of the principle)
who fell in the toilet and somebody flushed him down
and somebody flushed him down
and somebody, someboy flushed him down

thought this would help. deck the halls we sang exactly the same as on your site.
-Abraham R; 11/13/2009

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JOSE CAN YOU SEE
Jose, can you see, any bedbugs on me?
If you do, take a few, they look better on you
-Earl; ; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2794#12367 ; Naughty kids' greatest hits ; 9/12/1997

Editor:
This is a parody of the first line of the "The Star Spangled Banner". "Jose" [pronounced Ho-say] is Spanish for the male name "Joseph".

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KOOKABURRA (Version #1)
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

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KOOKABURRA (Version #2)
When I learned this song, I learned the railroad tracks verse a bit differently:

Kookaburra sits on the railroad track
Better get off or he'll be flat
Run, Kookaburra run, Kookaburra-(at this point slap both hands together to make a loud noise)
Well that's the end of that (Pretend to wipe hands clean/dust off hands)
-Guest, Trish; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87620&messages=36 "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" October 03, 2007

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KOOKABURRA (Version #3)
When I was in the first grade, the substitute music teacher sang this song for us, with five verses. The fourth and fifth were:

"Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
He fell out and broke his knee!
Ouch, Kookaburra! Ouch, Kookaburra--
Oh, how life must be.

Kookaburra sits on a railroad track,
He'd better run or he'll go smack!
Run, Kookaburra! Run, Kookaburra-- *Clap!*
(slower) That's the end of that. *Wiping hands.*"
-Guest Guest Jon Graber ; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87620 "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" ; 8/7/2008

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KRUSCHEV THE BALD HEADED RUSSIAN
Here's a version of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer that was near Boston (the one in Massachusetts) in the 1960's.

Kruschev, the Bald Head Russian
Had a very shiny head
And if you ever saw him
You would probably say he's dead
All of the other Russians
Used to laugh and call him names
They wouldn't let poor Kruschev
Join in any Russian games

Then one foggy Christmas eve
Stalin came to say
"Kruschev, with your head so bright,
"Won't you guide my satellite?"

Now all the Russians love him
And they sing and dance with glee
"Kruschev the Bald Head Russian
"Will go down in history!"
-Jacob B, http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87050&messages=56 Lyr Req: Kid's Parodies, Dec 8, 2005

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LOOK AWAY
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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=72240&messages=83 ;"I have lost my underwear" ; October 8. 2006

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

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "Frere Jacques" (also known as "Are You Sleeping" in English)

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MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
I remember:
Mary had a little lamb
She thought it rather silly
She threw it up into the air
And caught it by its ...

Willy was a watchdog
Lying in the grass
Along came a bumble bee
And stung him on the ....

Ask no questions
Tell no lies
I saw a policemen
Doing up his ...

Flies are a nuisance
Bugs are worse
And that is the end
Of my silly little verse
-Lady McMoo ; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2998; Naughty kids' greatest hits II; 4/7/2000

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MCDONALDS IS YOUR KIND OF PLACE (Version #1)
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; ; Mudcat thread "Jingles you remember"; also posted on http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87050 Lyr Req: Kid's Parodies; 10/11/2004

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, 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!

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MCDONALDS IS YOUR KIND OF PLACE (Version #2)
McDonald's was our kind of place
But then we burned it down
We burned it to the ground
We even killed the clown
McDonald's was our kind of place
Now it's just parking space
McDonald's was our kind of place
-Guest. Joe;: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87050&messages=56 Lyr Req: Kid's Parodies; May 20, 2010

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MISS MARY SUE
i work with 1st graders the whole summer long and they love them! [clapping rhymes]

Miss Mary Mack is very popular

Miss Mary Sue is a new one for me

miss mary sue sue sue
all dressed in blue blue blue
with silver buttons buttons buttons
all down her shoe shoe shoe
she asked her mom mom mom
for 50 cents cents cents
to see the boys boys boys
zip up their flies flies flies
- Guest, mcr ; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=63097 Folklore: Do kids still do clapping rhymes?; August 7, 2006

This is a parody of the handclap/jump rope rhyme "Miss Mary Mack"

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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

This is a parody of Milkshake
-Teena; 5/16/2008

Editor:
"My Milkshake" is a R&B song.

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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!",
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2795#12230 ; 3/26/2005

Editor:
This is a parody of the first line in the song "America" ("Oh Beautiful For Spacious Skies")

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OH SAY CAN YOU SEE (Version #1)
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!",
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2795#12230 ; 3/27/2005

Editor:
This is a parody of "The Star Spangled Banner"

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OH SAY CAN YOU SEE (Version #2)
Also, to the tune of "Star Spangled Banner":

Oh say can you see
All the stink bugs on me
If you, well pick a few
And we'll have stink bug stew
-Joe; http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/2005/05/a_readers_plea/comments... ; March 28, 2010

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ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY (Version #1)
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.

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ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY (Version #2)
On top of old smokey" On top of a white roof, all covered with blood
Regan shot Khadafi, with a 44 stud.
He went to his funeral, he went to his grave
Instead of red roses, he threw a granade.
He read in the papers, that he wasn't dead
So he bought a bazooka and blew off his head.
-http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml ; transcribed by Azizi P.; 10/15/2008

P, Q, R
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT (Version #1)
I have an early Pete Seeger live concert album where he is talking about how songs change. He sings the John Peel song and then says that he was singing it for some school kids who said, we sing it this way:

Pepsi Cola hits the spot ties your belly in a knot tasts like vinegar looks like ink Pepsi Cola is a stinky drink!
-Sasha Nyary ; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=4518 Do ye ken John Peel?'
April 1, 1998

Editor: This is a parody of the 1936 Pepsi Cola jingle which aired on radio. That radio ad uses the tune of an even older British hunting song "Do Ye Ken (Know) John Peel?

Here's a sound file of that 1936 jingle:

Pepsi ad - Hit The Spot

girl1182 | July 07, 2008

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PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT (Version #2)
A Pepsi parody from my childhood:
Pepsi Cola hits the spot
In your stomach it will rot
Tastes like beer, tastes like wine,
(Shouted)OH MY GOSH, IT'S TURPENTINE!
-RangerSteve; http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=52618&messages=341Jingles you remember. October 21, 2002

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PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT (Version #3)
Pepsi Cola hits the spot
Twelve full ounces, that's a lot
Twice as much for a nickle, too
Pepsi Cola is the drink for you
Nickle, nickle, nickle,nickle
Trickle, trickle, trickle, trickle

Circa the 1940's
-Big Jim from Jackson ; http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=74600
'Be Happy, Go Lucky' & other ad jingles ; October 21, 2004

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PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT (Version #4)
kids's parody of the Pepsi Cola Hits The Spot jingle
"Pepsi Cola hits the spot,
'Specially when you're on the pot.
(Press the handle?), pull the chain -
There goes Pepsi down the drain."
-Genie; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=52618&messages=563&page=6
Jingles you remember; July 22, 2005

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PLAYMATE (Version #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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=4300: Children's Street Songs; 3/11/1998

Editor:
This is a parody of the children's song "Say Say My Playmate". "Done as handjives" is another way of saying "peformed a hand clap rhyme routine."

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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 ; http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40139 "What did you sing as a kid?"; 10/15/2001

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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; http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php ; 7/31/2003

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PLAYMATE (Version #4)
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; http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php ; 8/1/2003

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POKAREKARE ANA
"I grew up in New Zealand where there is a famous folk song called Pokarekare Ana, we sung a version like this about our teachers about when corporal punishment was allowed. Pokarekare Ana, I had a squashed banana I threw it at my teacher, It hit her in the face. She said "Come here", I said "No, Fear" "Because you're gonna hit me in the rear!"
-Siobhan ; 9/24/2007

This is a parody of the popular Maori (New Zealand) song Pokarekara Ana. Visit http://www.cocojams.com/content/teacher-taunts for more information about this song and for another parody example of this song.

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R2D2
To the tune of Frerra Jaque.
R2D2, R2D2,
C3-PO, C3-PO,
Obi Wan Kanobe, Obi Wan Kanobe,
Han Solo, Han Solo.
-http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml ; reposted with permission; 10/15/2008

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "Frere Jacques" ("Are You Sleeping, Brother John"). See another parody of that song posted above. This parody uses the names of characters from the Star Wars movies.

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REUBEN REUBEN (Version #1)
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".

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REUBEN REUBEN (Version #2)
...The alternate way we sang:

Reuben Reuben I've been thinking
What on earth have you been drinking?
Tastes like water, smells like wine,
Oh my gosh it's turpentine!
-Elmer Fudd http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=99010&messages=51 Songs we were made to sing in school... Feb 14, 2007

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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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=43936#1168354; Lyr Req: row row row your boat parodies; 4/15/2003

Editor:
This parody of the song "Row Row Row Your Boat" is what I call a "teacher taunt". Visit Cocojams' Teacher Taunts page for more examples of teacher taunts.

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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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=43936#1168354; Lyr Req: row row row your boat parodies; 4/15/2003

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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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=43936#1168354; Lyr Req: row row row your boat parodies; 1/15/2006

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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 [from his school age daughter's recitation; New Zealand] ; 8/29/2006

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RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED 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.

Also, read the version of this rhyme that features former Russian prime minister Krushevev posted above.

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RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED 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.; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2794#12367 ; Naughty kids'greatest hits; 9/15/1997

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RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED 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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=76629;
Lyr Req: got any kid's additions for Rudolph? ; 12/17/2004

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RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED 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

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; http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40139 "What did you sing as a kid?"; 10/15/2001

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SEND ANOTHER NICKEL IN
Circa 1954, eastern Pennsylvania

parody of old pop song "Music, Music, Music":

Send another nickel in
Into dear old Washington
All we want from you is all your
Money, money, money
-Guest, Bob Coltman http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87050&messages=56 Lyr Req: Kid's Parodies, December 10, 2005

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SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME
Here's one i'm not sure anybody's said yet... The tune isn't one of those old traditional songs, but I don't remember what it was... I think the original song is in one of the shrek movies...

Somebody once told me the world was macoroni,
So I took a bite out of a tree,
And it tasted kind of funny,
So I spit it out with honey/money,
And a bunny hit me in the knee.
-Blood Jelly (Kyla W); Folsom, California; 12/11/2009

Editor:
I'm not sure which song this parody is based upon. If anyone has any ideas about this, please send them in.

Thanks to all who have sent in examples. Remember to be careful about when and where and to whom you chant or sing these examples.

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TA RA RA BOOM DE AY (Version #1)
Tah-rah-rah-boom-si-ay
We have no school today
Our teacher passed away
We shot her yesterday
We threw her in the bay
She scared the sharks away
Tah-rah-rah-boom-si-ay
We have no school today
- marymarymary ; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=40139 What did you sing as a kid? ; October 15, 2001

Editor:
This parody is based on the late 19th century song "Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay" ; Read additional versions of this parody on Cocojams' Teacher Taunt page.

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TA RA RA BOOM DE AY (Version #2)
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; (Oregon),12/22/2007

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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; http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php; 6/9/2005 ;

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "The Prettiest Girl I Ever Saw". The last word in the song "pale" is probably 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; ; http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php ; 7/18/2006

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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=72240&messages=47 ; "I have lost my underwear & other underwear songs"; 5/18/2008

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "The Old Gray Mare". van lingle shared the following information with me about this parody via electronic mail: "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."

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THERE GOES TEACHER
to tune of OLD GREY MARE

(sung quickly, ending either abruptly,with DIED as one staccato syllable, or DIED as three syllables, DYE - i - EYED)

There goes Teacher
walkin' cross the Delaware
chewin' on her underwear
can't afford another pair
two days later got
bit by a polar bear
that's how the polar bear
died.

Southeast Iowa
1973 in elementary school
-daryl; 4/20/2012

W, X, Y, Z
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 is a parody of the Christmas carol "We Three Kings" . This version ends with a parody of the song "Jingle Bells".

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WE THREE KINGS (Version #2)
We three Kings of Orient are
Trying to smoke a rubber cigar
It was loaded
It exploded
Now we're on yonder star...
-Bard Judith; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=87050&messages=56 Lyr Req: Kid's Parodies; December 8, 2005

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WE THREE KINGS (Version #3)
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; http://blog.oftheoctopuses.com/000518.php; 11/2/2005

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WE THREE KINGS (Version #4)
Being as it is the season, i'll write out the complete lyrics to this one as I learned them as a child:

We three kings of oil & tar,
Tried to smoke a rubber cigar.
It was loaded, it exploded,
Now there are 2 of us.

We 2 kings of oil & tar,
Tried to smoke a rubber cigar.
It was loaded, it exploded,
Now there is one of us.

This one king of oil & tar,
Tried to smoke a rubber cigar.
It was loaded, it exploded,
Now there's just a pile of dust.

Merry Christmas everyone!
- Al; http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/2005/05/a_readers_plea/comments... ; December 16, 2009

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WHILE SHEPHERDS WASHED THEIR SOCKS BY (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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53930&messages=38
"Christmas parodies"; 12/2/2000

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 non-derogatory, colloquial referent for Australians.

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WHILE SHEPHERDS WASHED 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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=53930&messages=38
"Christmas parodies" ; 12/3/2000

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WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK (Version #1)
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; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=81350&messages=222
I'm Rubber . You're Glue: Children's Rhymes; 5/11/2005

Editor:
This is a parody of the song "Whistle While You Work"

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WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK (Version #2)
Whistle while you work.
Hitler is a jerk.
Mussolini bit his weenie.
Now it doesn't work.
-http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml; transcribed by Azizi P., 10/15/2008

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YANKEE DOODLE
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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Last update February 13, 2011

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