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Uncle Billy lost his willy

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ThreeLocusts · 01/10/2024 16:58

Jingle bells, Batman smells/Robin flew away/uncle Billy lost his willy/on the motorway...
(sung to the tune of the Xmas song)

it's one of a handful of rude rhymes my children learned early on in primary school. This was in the Southeast in the 2010s, but a friend who grew up in Manchester in the 1970s said he knew this rhyme too.

I'd just like to get a sense of how widespread and how old it is. Has it been around since the first Batman TV series of the late 50s (I think)? And do you have other examples of disrespectful children's rhymes featuring pop cultural references? Or rude rhymes full stop? I find this one oddly joyful....

OP posts:
frannygallops · 01/10/2024 18:57

Uncle Billy here, Yorkshire 80's

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 01/10/2024 18:57

goingtohellinahandcart · 01/10/2024 18:01

Anybody else know "great uncle Bulgaria jumped without a parachute" sang to the tune of glory, glory hallelujah

The verses go on and on but the chorus is

glory, glory what a hell of a way to die
jumping out a jet plane and forgetting how to fly
glory glory what a hell of a way to die
and he ain't going to jump no more(without his boots on)

@goingtohellinahandcart - I don’t know the Uncle Bulgaria version, but this is what we sang in the Girl Guides, to the tune of John Brown’s Body:

He jumped without a parachute from twenty thousand feet
He jumped without a parachute from twenty thousand feet
He jumped without a parachute from twenty thousand feet
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

CHORUS:
Glory glory what a hell of a way to die
Glory glory what a hell of a way to die
Glory glory what a hell of a way to die
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

He landed on the pavement like a lump of strawberry jam
He landed on the pavement like a lump of strawberry jam
He landed on the pavement like a lump of strawberry jam
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

Chorus

They put him in a match box and they sent him home to mum
They put him in a match box and they sent him home to mum
They put him in a match box and they sent him home to mum
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

Chorus

She put him on the mantel piece for everyone to see
She put him on the mantel piece for everyone to see
She put him on the mantel piece for everyone to see
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

Chorus

She put him on the table when the Vicar came to tea
She put him on the table when the Vicar came to tea
She put him on the table when the Vicar came to tea
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

Chorus

The Vicar spread him on some toast and said what lovely jam
The Vicar spread him on some toast and said what lovely jam
The Vicar spread him on some toast and said what lovely jam
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

Glory glory what a hell of a way to die
Suspended by your braces when you don’t know how to fly
Glory glory what a hell of a way to die
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

Tarkan · 01/10/2024 18:58

I knew it as Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin ran away, The Batmobile lost a wheel, on the Milky Way.

And stop the bus I need a wee wee was a wee wee cup of tea at the end for us.

housemaus · 01/10/2024 18:58

I had the same version of you, west Lancs in 90s!

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 01/10/2024 18:59

The batman one for me was jingle bells, batman smells, robin flew away, the bat mobile lost its wheels and the Joker got away

WillimNot · 01/10/2024 18:59

Violinist64 · 01/10/2024 17:28

Also, 1970s again:
While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All watching ITV?
The angel of the Lord came down,
And switched to BBC.

Only three TV stations then and many people considered the BBC superior to ITV.
We also sang the alternative version to We Three Kings mentioned upthread.

We sang whilst shepherds washed their socks by night instead!

BobbyBiscuits · 01/10/2024 19:00

We had the father Christmas lost his knickers version.
There were a few weird ones. I remember one about 'in the German nick, where they hang you by the the d..' you get the idea.

Jigsawpuzzled · 01/10/2024 19:00

PiggyPlumPie · 01/10/2024 17:08

Bathirl lost her knickers on the M1 motorway!

1970s Derbyshire

This for me too , Midlands late 80s

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 01/10/2024 19:01

I know a different version of the Hitler has only got one ball one too -

Hitler has only got one ball,
Goering’s are very, very small,
Himmler’s are somewhat sim’lar
And Mr Goebells has no balls at all!

Foxxo · 01/10/2024 19:01

Uricon2 · 01/10/2024 17:30

"While shepherds washed their socks by night
All seated round the tub
An angel of the Lord came down
And gave them all a scrub"

it was 'a bar of sunlight soap came down, and they began to scrub' that i was taught by my parents (brummys circa 1980s)

SashaPicklepops · 01/10/2024 19:02

Jingle bells batman smells
Robin flew away
Kojak lost his lollipop
On the M4 Motorway.
1980s South West England.

TheRozzers · 01/10/2024 19:02

PiggyPlumPie · 01/10/2024 17:08

Bathirl lost her knickers on the M1 motorway!

1970s Derbyshire

Same in 1980s Sheffield!

Nellieinthebarn · 01/10/2024 19:02

My Granddad taught me one, he was born about 1920, and grew up in Oxfordshire.

See how the piggies run
When they see the butcher come
cutting slices off their bum
three times a day!

Myusernamemustbeatleastthreecharacters · 01/10/2024 19:02

Jesus christ super star, came down from heaven on a yamaha,
Pulled a skid and killed a kid smashed his nuts on a dustbin lid

90s north

ThreeLocusts · 01/10/2024 19:02

5128gap · 01/10/2024 18:40

Our car had a choke late 80s. It was a little thing you pulled out to give the car a bit more fuel to get it started if it was struggling to fire up. Under no circumstances were you to leave the choke out or you'd 'flood' it and it wouldn't start at all.

turns out I was completely misinformed on chokes. Thanks to all who explained!

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rightoguvnor · 01/10/2024 19:03

I was at primary school in the early 70s and our favourite was a popular chart hit of the day, Seasons in the Sun.

We had joy, we had fun
Picking bogies in the sun
But the sun was too hot
And the bogies turned to snot
(Bum bum bum bum)

My older sisters who followed the charts and loved this song created merry hell to mum whenever they caught me singing it.

Ghosttofu99 · 01/10/2024 19:04

Makelikeatreeandleaf · 01/10/2024 17:01

We did not do the Uncle Billy bit, we were much tamer: The Batmobile lost its wheel on the M4 motorway.
ETA late 70s early 80s

Edited

Same. 80s/90s Midlands

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 01/10/2024 19:04

First heard the Batman one aeons ago.

‘While shepherds washed their socks by night
All seated on the ground…’.

‘Ching Chang Chinaman, sitting on the grass
Along came a bumble bee and stung him on the arse.’

‘Here I sit, brokenhearted,
Paid a penny and only farted!’ (Obv. dates back to when public loos cost an old penny)

‘A sigh is a current of wind, proceeding from the heart
But when it take a southbound course,
It’s commonly called a fart.

A fart is very pleasant, it gives the body ease,
It warms the bed in winter, and suffocates the fleas.’
(I think this one came from my DF, though!)

rightoguvnor · 01/10/2024 19:05

And the classic:

Tra la La boom te ay
My knickers flew away,
They came back yesterday
They'd been on holiday

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TroysMammy · 01/10/2024 19:07

WinterAconite · 01/10/2024 17:08

We sang "Jesus Christ Super star, wears frilly knickers and a purple bra" in South London in the 70s. I think the first performance of the musical was in 71 and we sang it late 70s

It was Georgie Best in S Wales.

FloordrobeIsGoingToGetME · 01/10/2024 19:07

Ours was:

My mate Billy
Had a 10 foot Willy
And he showed it to the girl next door
She thought it was a snake
So she hit it with a rake
And now it's only 2ft 4

North East, 1980s!

Foxxo · 01/10/2024 19:07

LBFseBrom · 01/10/2024 17:41

Harmless. When I was a young child in the 1950s it was, "Hitler....he only had one ball". If kids were caught singing it they were severely reprimanded.

not read on, but the version i learned of that was
hitler has only got one ball, the other is in the Albert Hall, his mother, the dirty bugger, chopped it off when he was small.
She threw it, into the deep blue sea, it landed just outside germany, the fishies, got out their dishes, and they had scallops and bollocks for tea.

There was also

"Do your tits hang low" if anyone knows that one? XD

herecomesautumn · 01/10/2024 19:07

Jingle bells Batman smells
Robin flew away
Batmobile has lost its wheel
And landed in the Tay

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