This post is the closest I have found to a version that is in my head but for the life of me cannot remember from where or who or if it's even close. It goes something like this, remembering it is purely for kids: Our kids lost his marley Our kids lost his marley Our kids lost his marley down in granny's yard It rolled up the drainpipe It rolled up the drainpipe It rolled up the drainpipe down in granny's yard He went and got a broomstick He went and got a broomstick He went and got a broomstick down in granny's yard He shoved it up the drainpipe He shoved it up the drainpipe He shoved it up the drainpipe down in granny's yard He couldn't reach it He couldn't reach it He couldn't reach it Down in granny's yard So he went and got a clothes prop So he went and got a clothes prop So he went and got a clothes prop Down in granny's yard He shoved it up the drainpipe He shoved it up the drainpipe He shoved it up the drainpipe Down in granny's yard He still couldn't reach it He still couldn't reach it He still couldn't reach it Down in granny's yard Repeat verses with "a hosepipe" Then after "he still couldn't reach it": He went and got some gunpowder He went and got some gunpowder He went and got some gunpowder Down in granny's yard He shoved it up the drainpipe He shoved it up the drainpipe He shoved it up the drainpipe Down in granny's yard He set a light to it He set a light to it He set a light to it Down in granny's yard He blew up the drainpipe He blew up the drainpipe He blew up the drainpipe And half of granny's yard It were in his pocket It were in his pocket It were in his pocket All the bloody time
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