Uncle Billy lost his willy

[ThreeLocusts]

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....

Midlands early seventies

Georgie Best Superstar!
Wears women’s knickers and a playtex bra!

Tarara boom de ay,
My knickers flew away
They came back yesterday
On the motorway.

Jingle bells! Jingle bells!
Robin flew away!
Right into a boxing ring and knocked out Cassius Clay

Haha I haven’t heard this for decades! Childhood memory unlocked 😂

Cornwall 1970’s

Jingle bells
Batman Smells
Robin flew away
Kojak lost his lollipop
so he sucks his thumb all day

Haha yes we sang that too! Great free advertising for Playtex with all our playground songs 🤣

In the US - Batman smells, robin laid an egg, Batmobile lost its wheel and joker ran away - hey

I married a count..., I married a count..., I married a country girl
For cu..., for cu..., for curiosity
We had a shag..., we had a shag..., we had a shaggy dog
For cu..., for cu..., for curiosity

A sol..., a sol..., a soldier went to sea
Two pis..., two pis..., two pistols on his knee
For cu..., for cu..., for curiosity
To die for the old count..., die for the old count..., die for the old country

I never heard that version as a child but my children sing it nowadays having picked it up at school

Also sang the billy willy version in Surrey, mid-late 80s.

I'm in Yorkshire (west), mid 80s we sang 'Jingle Bells, Batman smells (something something) Uncle Billy lost his willy on the motorway!'.
I was so innocent, I thought 'willy' was 'welly" and Billy had lost his welly-boot.

Same goes for us in Salford, 1980s

Does anyone remember
Willly was a watchdog sitting on the grass, along came a bee and stung him up the AS
K no questions tell no lies, I saw a dirty man doing up his flies are funny, flies are silly, I saw a black (!) Man playing with his
Willy was a watchdog sitting on the (starts again)?

🎵Ta-ra-ra boom de-ay
My knickers flew away
They went on holiday
They came back yesterday🎵
(South west, 1970s)

Georgie Best, superstar
wears frilly knickers and a Playtex bra

Nottinghamshire 1970s

Auntie Mary had a canary up the leg of her drawers
When she farted it departed and she got a round of applause!!

😂 this thread

Haven't read the full thread yet, but am loving it and will read it all when I have time!

In 1976
the Queen pulled down her knicks.
She licked her bum
and said, "yum yum!
It's better than Weetabix!"

In My Friend Billy, he showed his willy to the girl next door, and at the end, it was 4 foot 4. Still impressive.

Ip dip, dog shit,
Silly bugger, silly git,
You are not it!

Yy to being scraped off the runway like a lump of strawberry jam.
"Glory glory, what a terrible way to die
With a finger in your ear and a finger in your eye!
Glory glory, what a terrible way to die
And he ain't gonna jump no more!"

When Susie was a teenager,
A teenager she was,
She said, "ooh, aaah,
I lost my bra!
I left my knickers in my boyfriend's car!"

Surrey, 1980s.

Mary had a little lamb.
The doctor was surprised.

(London, 70s)

Another Uncle Billy here

South West 1980s

We had various versions of this yl
You'll never get to heaven in a bottle of gin as the lord won't let no spirits in
You'll never get to heaven in a biscuit tin as the Lord won't let no crummy one's in
You'll never get to heaven in girl guides bra as a girl guides bra,won't stretch that far.

My recollection is exactly your wording, OP. South East but late 80s.

Wales, 1980s - Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin flew away
Santa Claus lost his drawers on the M4 motorway

Looking back, I think we were all obsessed with willies, bums and bras!

Ours was "Jesus Christ, super star, came down from heaven on a Yamaha. Pulled a skid, killed a kid.." then I can't remember the last bit. Early 90s, living in S.E England at the time but my primary school at the time was 90% army brats so kids from all over.

We also sang "Popeye the sailor man lived in a caravan, when he went swimming he pulled all the women, Popeye the sailor man" and "Popeye the sailor man lived in a frying pan. Turned on the gas and blew off his ass, Popeye the sailor man.

And "Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat ran over his cat. Blood and guts were flying, Postman Pat was crying, I've never seen a cat as flat as that!"

Yes to the batman and robin/uncle Billy lost his Willy, but also sometimes changed the first part to "Santa smells, Rudolph flew away".

We sang:

Barry Sheen, superstar, came round the corner on his Yamaha, pulled a skid, killed a kid, broke his balls on a dustbin lid!

Early 70’s

Yes to Popeye (kissed all the women!) and Postman Pat with his flat cat!

All of em, late 60's Bradford along with📧

Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane (without tha trousers on)
On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at
Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane (without tha triousers on)
Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane
On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at
On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at
On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at

and ,y dad says he sang this as a child in the 40's

As shepherds washed their socks by night
all seated round the tub,
the angel of the Lord came down
And taught them how to scrub

or

While shepherds watched their flocks by night
All eating fish and chips,
The Angel of the Lord came down
And charged them two-and-six.