Childhood Mysteries Resolved By the World Wide Web, No. 64327

[fflo]

"Whistle while you work.
Hitler was a jerk;
Mussolini ___ ___ ______---
Now it doesn't work."

What were they saying? I couldn't figure out it. Now I know!

Comments

OW!!

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Ain't google grand?

[anderyn.livejournal.com]

Ooookay. That's one I'd never heard.

(I know a few nasty WWII era dittys, but not that one.)

[disclaimerwill.livejournal.com]

That was a popular one in my elementary school. None of us knew who Mussolini was, but that wasn't the bit that had us entertained, obviously.

[groovesinorbit]

That's a new one on me. I was singing "On Top of Spaghetti" when I was kid.

Re: OW!!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

indeed!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Further investigation reveals that the variation I was likely exposed to was not "bit his weanie" but "was a meanie"---not nearly so, uh, juicy.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Those variants were more popular on my playgrounds as well.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

But "Jingle bells; Batman smells..." was the #1.

[disclaimerwill.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that does seem pretty toothless.

*ducking*

[groovesinorbit]

You'd better duck. That one left a mark!

[groovesinorbit]

I think that was #1 in Oha, too.

"...Robin laid an egg!"

Teach your children well

[vjsmom.livejournal.com]

Now I'm going to have another one of these things to teach Jeff--I'd forgotten about the one in your post.

". . . Batmobile lost a wheel,
and Joker got away."

Re: Teach your children well

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Most folks I know picked 'em up on the streets, as 'twere.

Re: Teach your children well

[groovesinorbit]

Yeah, if Jeff learns it from his mom, well, that's not as cool.

No offense, S.