The one that goes, "Mama had a baby and her head popped off." How morbid is that? I remember when I was little, a friend and I would pick a dandelion, sing this silly song, and once the song was over, we would dig our fingernail into the stem of the dandelion until the head fell off. The silly things we do when we're young.

I don't remember that one.

Kinda like "little bunny foofoo hopping through the forest, picking up the field mice and bop them on the head", learned that from a friend in elementary

I was always freaked out by:

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly...
I guess she'll die.



Yeah, and it got worse...

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly...
I guess she'll die.

This weirdo old lady goes on to swallow birds, cats, dogs, goats, chickens...you name it...for years I thought if I swallowed as much as a gnat I'd end up in the hospital.

Byron said:

, were you perhaps singing along while typing it out?

I was a far less morbid child as i used to sing

polly had a dolly and her head popped off

Billy had a nickel and he tried to fly

He fell so quick we thought he'd die

He jumped back up just quick as he could

Went on to sport some happy wood.

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There was an Old man who lived in a box

He woke up one day with a case of the pox

He went to a doctor who said he'd be fine

Stop drinking the water it won't turn to wine



He walked out the doorway and stood on his head

How better to see where I might find my death?

Could it be on the staircase or maybe a chair?

If I'm gone tommorrow will anyone care?



Maybe if Timmy who lives next door there

Would notice if I shaved off what's left of my hair

He might try to run if I said it was nice

Or find all my cheese and give it to mice


I'll wait for the Reaper and smile when we meet

As long as he doesn't smell like some old feet

And look like Joan Rivers and talk all non stop

Giving her daughter a good 'ol hard whomp


Anything's better than spending your time

Drinking the water that won't turn to wine

If you ask Timmy I think I'll be fine

So just gimme a problem and I'll find the line

we used to sing a song called johnnys lost his marbles

the song was really long involving looking up drainpipes and using the dog and grandma to find them very odd

lollyp0p said:

You had real ones?

I just made mine up.



(*points above*)

subhuman09 said:

i went to a school for "SPECIAL" children

lollyp0p said:

I did too!

They said I was gifted until I tried to teach the rest of the class to fly.

I was always a great supervisor.




"YAAAAAY!!!!"











*splat*
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Okay, since we're on the topic of childhood songs, does anyone remember this one (used to be sung around Halloween) that started off "There was an old woman of skin and bones...oooo, OOOOO, ooooo..."? That's all I can remember of it, other than the song ended with everyone going "BOO!!!". I can vaguely remember the tune, but its bugged me for years how the rest of the song goes. I'm actually quite surprised I remeber it at all, since I learned it in first grade.

subhuman09 said:

these are some morbid childrens songs.

I think the worst one I knew as a kid was

Beans beans the magical fruit
the more you eat the more you toot
the more you toot the better you feel
lets eat beans for every meal

London Bridge

London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, Falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.

Take a key and lock her up,
Lock her up, Lock her up.

Take a key and lock her up,
My fair lady.

How will we build it up,
Build it up, Build it up?

How will we build it up,
My fair lady?

Build it up with silver and gold,
Silver and gold, Silver and gold.

Build it up with silver and gold,
My fair lady.

Gold and silver I have none,
I have none, I have none.

Gold and silver I have none,
My fair lady.

Build it up with needles and pins,
Needles and pins, Needles and pins.

Build it up with needles and pins,
My fair lady.

Pins and needles bend and break,
Bend and break, Bend and break.

Pins and needles bend and break,
My fair lady.

Build it up with wood and clay,
Wood and clay, Wood and clay.

Build it up with wood and clay,
My fair lady.

Wood and clay will wash away,
Wash away, Wash away.

Wood and clay will wash away,
My fair lady.

Build it up with stone so strong,
Stone so strong, Stone so strong.

Build it up with stone so strong,
My fair lady.

Stone so strong will last so long,
Last so long, Last so long.

Stone so strong will last so long,
My fair lady.

TheBatman said:

My Buddy, My Buddy
Wherever I go he goes
My Buddy, My Buddy
I'll teach him everything that I know

My Buddy & Me
Like to climb up a tree
My Buddy and me
We're the best friend that could be!

My Buddy, My Buddy
My Buddy and me!!



Twenty years later, and I still know every fucking word to that jingle!!! ARRRGH!!

On top of Spaghetti

On top of spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball
When somebody sneezed.
It rolled off the table
And onto the floor,
And then my poor meatball
Rolled right out the door!

It rolled in a garden
And under a bush
Now my poor meatball
Was nothing but mush

The mush was as tasty
As tasty could be
Early next summer
It grew into a tree

The tree was all covered
With beautiful moss
It grew lovely meatballs
In a tomato sauce

So if you like spaghetti
All covered with cheese
Hold on to your meatballs
And DON'T EVER SNEEZE!

A-A-A-CHOO !!

I'm enjoying all these songs, keep 'em coming, y'all.

from 5th grade

if you ever see a hearse go by
you will be the next to die
uh huh uh huh
they wrap you up in a bloody shirt
bury you six feet under the dirt
uh huh uh huh

there is a verse here I don't remember and then

the worms crawl in the worms crawl out
in your stomach and out your mounth
uh huh uh huh
worms crawl in the worms crawl out
worms play pinocle on your snout
uh huh uh huh

and then there is one that ends...don't remember that one.

then there was

nobody loves me everybody hates me
sitting in a garbage pail eating all the worms
big fat juicy worms
little bitty skinny worms


and there is a part to end that one to that I don't remember.

also there was
found a peanut

and
bringing home a baby bumble bee
those were girl scout songs

JediMaster said:

I feel the exact same way, except I was off on the words. Thanks for typing them all out... now I will NEVER forget them.

I recently purchased the 30" Spider-Man action figure from Wal-Mart, and I found myself singing that song as I carried this HUGE Spider-Man to the checkout counter.

ARRRGH!!!

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly...
I guess she'll die.

You forgot
that wiggled and jiggled tickled in side her

TheBatman said:

sag10 said:[quote]On top of Spaghetti

I learned that one in Kindergarten in 1969.

My buddy and me!!!




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[Edited 10/13/04 10:02am]

what about ring o ring of roses now thats a morbid song about dying of the plague



sing it again kids

butterfli25 said:

That lyric was never in my version...

Byron said:

It was in mine I loved that part

"It wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her"

I remember it...I also remember this one:

The sailor went to sea, sea, sea
To see what he could see, see, see
But all that he could see, see, see
Was the bottom of the ocean

The way we sang the last line of the song was:

"Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea."

How about this one:

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
So Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

Four little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
So Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

Three little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
So Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

Two little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
So Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

One little monkey jumping on the bed
He fell off and bumped his head
So Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

No little monkeys jumping on the bed
None fell off and bumped his head
So Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
Put those monkeys back in bed!



Mom really should have learned her lesson after the first monkey bumped his head, yanno??
[Edited 10/13/04 11:50am]