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Thread #2794   Message #12252
Posted By: rich r
13-Sep-97 - 09:16 AM
Thread Name: Naughty kids' greatest hits
Subject: RE: Naughty kids'greatest hits
OK after I posted, I thought I'd probably have to clarify (to make it butter?)

Joe's got a head like a ping-pong ball
Joe's got a head like a ping-pong ball
Joe's got a head like a ping-pong ball, ping-pong, ping-pong ball
Joe's got a head lie a ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong ball
Joe's got a head like a ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong ball...(back to the first line)

In the same vein (weather you like it or not), you can also convey the real story.

William Tell, William Tell, see they've got your son
William Tell, William Tell, he's the only one,
William Tell, William Tell, apple on his head,
If you miss, he'll be dead.
William Tell, William Tell, now you take your shot
William Tell, William Tell, Oh it's dead he's not
William Tell, William Tell, this is Gessler's doin'
And Rossini wrote the tune (last word pronounced to rhyme with "doin'")

Now to "Humoresque"

Following the Sherman's horse triplet:

Washington was very firm
And Lincoln didn't even squirm
Darling, that's why I'm in love with you.

Another verse is:

If you simply have to go
When other people are too slow
There is only one thing you can do.
You'll just have to take a chance
Be brave and do it in your pants
But I'll forgive you, darling I love you.

It has been reported that the original verse "Passengers etc." was co-written in the 1930's by former Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas and a fellow Yale law professor Thurman Arnold as they were riding on the New Haven Railroad. They were inspired by a sign in the toilet. Thurman reportedly addressed the passengers and taught them to sing the song in unison.

Here is a somewhat bawdier version that incorporates a few of the original lines:

I love to go out after dark
And goose the statues in the park
A lovely pastime at the close of day
Unperturbed they stand so still,
While WHOOPS! it's me that gets the thrill
It really is a lovely way to play.

I've noticed lately
They stand so stately
Out there in the dark when dew is on the ground
I sometimes tease them
And do displease them
If I fail to show up as the sun goes down.

The Thinker is the only one
With whom I can have no fun
He sits upon a boulder, rough and coarse
Napoleon sits upon his steed
I cannot goose him, no indeed
And so instead I goose his horse.

Passengers will please refrain
From flushing toilets while the train
Is standing in the station, I love you
Prostitutes and lovely ladies
Have to douche or they'll have babies
If Sherman's horse can take it why can't you?

Ever since you met our Nelly
She's had trouble with her belly
Wish you'd never seen our little town
Ever since I met your Venus
I've had trouble with my penis
Wish I'd never seen your little town.

Source - "Erotic Muse" by Ed Cray

rich r