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....

We sung a version of this jitty in the 70.s in NZ

Jingle bells, batman smells, robin did a bunk.....1970's Lol

I remember that one too! Started Primary in 1986 in Bristol.

The other one I vaguely recall went something like “Elvis Presley. Girls are sexy. Sitting in the back seat - nudge, nudge.”

Can’t remember the rest, or the tune!

My Dad taught me this in Cambridge in the 90s

Is this a counting rhyme, like eenie meenie mynie mo?

We did the Beatles version too! Mid/late 80s Bristol.

The big ship sailed through the alley alley oh
The alley alley oh
The big ship sailed on the alley alley oh
On the last day of September

Glory glory alleluia, teacher hit me with a ruler.
The ruler snapped in half
And we all began to laugh
On the last day of September

All done holding hands in a chain and passing under each other.

Manchester late 1960s early 1970s

While shepherds washed their socks by night, all sitting in a box, the angel of the Lord came down and gave them chicken pox.

While shepherds washed their socks by night, all watching BBC, the angel of the Lord came down and switched to ITV.

Yep remember this.

And teachers actually did hit us with a ruler back in ye olden times!

Kitty lion , we sang the Beatles one in nw sixties. Teacher got us singing we three kings,then she nipped out. She came back to hear the Beatles version. Catholic primary and not amused whole class of 8 year old got cane for ‘ blasphemy’
20 years on my DD’s teacher thought it was hilarious and had her write it out for him. Always have those words in mind when I hear that carol even 60 years later lol

Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin flew away
Lost his pants in the middle of France nd found them in Bombay HEY!

North east circa 70s and 80s.

Also various counting rhymes to work out who’s “it”. We obviously had a few variations of eeny meeny, but we also had “ibble, obble, chocolate bobble, you are out” 🤣

Our version of the chorus was:

Glory, glory what a hell of a way to die,
With your left foot over your right foot,
And your right foot in your eye!
Glory, glory what a hell of a way to die,
And he ain’t gone jump no mo-oo-re!

The IRA showing up in children's ditties does give you an idea of how pervasive the conflict was

We had very similar to @Cluborange666 's.

East Belfast in the 1990s

Jingle bells,
Batman smells,
Robin laid an egg,
He did a fart,
Behind a cart,
And blew up the IRA

Ahhh that’s it!!

This was the version we knew as kids (without "the" before Batmobile and joker.) US Midwest, early '70s.

DM (born 1939):
While shepherds washed their socks by night
All seated round the tub
A bar of Sunlight soap came down
And they began to scrub

Same version. The Jesus Christ with a Yamaha my ex boyfriend told me this one, Barnet area to my SE London area.

Our version was

There was a paratrooper from the 54th brigade (x 3)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

Glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die (x 3)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

He jumped from 50,000 feet without a parachute (x 3)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more

Many verses, some quite gory. I used to run a Cub Scout Pack, early 1980s.

All the rhymes from my childhood and my daughter’s have been given.
Here’s one from my DM, West Midlands early 1930s:
Susie Plater (not my DM’s name!)
Shat a raw ‘tater
Wiped her arse on a piece of brown paper.
Paper was thin and her finger went in -
Poor old Susie Plater!

How does this continue?

I know this from the 1980s!

Others i know from the 70s:

We four Beatles of Liverpool are.
John in a taxi, Paul in a car;
George on a scooter, blowing his hooter
Following Ringo Starr.

We three spivs of Trafalgar Square,
Selling knickers, tuppence a pair.
No elastic, quite fantastic.
Not very safe to wear!

Hark the herald angels sing,
Beecham's pills are just the thing.
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
Two for man and one for child.
If you want to go to heaven,
You should take a dose of seven.
If you want to go to hell,
You should take the box as well.

What should you do if you want to go to the loo
In an English country garden?
Pull down your pants and suffocate the ants
In an English country garden.
Then take a leaf and wipe it underneath
In an English country garden.
Then take a spade and cover what you've made
In an English country garden.

And from the early 2000s:

Twinkle twinkle little horse,
Are you a friend of Inspector Morse?

(Yes, I'm not quite sure of the logic either!)

Edinburgh, primary school in the 90s. I knew this version plus a few others.
The Batmobile lost it's wheel on the motorway was another.

We had the Kojak lollipop version too (in ours he lost his lollipop on the Milky Way, I think), this was in 1980s South East London