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13 Dec 00 - 09:48 PM (#356929) Subject: outhouse door lyrics From: GUEST Anyone know the lyrics to "Swinging on the Outhouse Door"? |
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13 Dec 00 - 11:52 PM (#356999) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: rabbitrunning Hmm. Well there's an outhouse website out there... And there's a thread with one message with that line in it. I also saw a reference to a country western song. Got any other lyrics to try to work with? |
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14 Dec 00 - 01:08 AM (#357024) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: Joe Offer Well, I doubt that's there's a "definitive" version. The way I learned it in Wisconsin in the late 1950's was: And then there's Grandma,And there you have it. -Joe Offer, Wisconsinite in exile in California- Click here for another version. |
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14 Dec 00 - 05:34 PM (#357306) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: NightWing Here's the way I learned it in Colorado:
And then there's Grandma *shrug*
BB, |
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15 Dec 00 - 09:40 AM (#357600) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: Gary T Refresh, to help the a |
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15 Dec 00 - 09:56 AM (#357609) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: Gary T That was going to be "to help the asker find it," then I thought I'd try to find his name (it was John), but hit "Submit" instead of "Clear", and ARGHHHH! |
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15 Dec 00 - 07:57 PM (#358039) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: GUEST,John Thanks, folks. Believe it or not, I needed it to use in a eulogy. All I knew was the big (repeated) finish (think "jadda jadda jing jing jing" over and over) Swinging on the outhouse door |
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14 Mar 03 - 09:54 AM (#909917) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: GUEST,.gargoyle As long as we are gathering kindred minds on kid stuff-
Isn't granny and the outhouse door a "tag-line" to a longer and more detailed song? It could be ten dark nights but I thought it was more risque?
Sincerely, |
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14 Mar 03 - 11:08 AM (#909970) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: Joe Offer Well, Garg, somebody used it as a tag in this thread, but I don't remember hearing it that way as a kid. -Joe Offer- |
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06 May 05 - 01:45 PM (#1479511) Subject: 'Swinging On The Outhouse Door' bawdy song lyrics From: John M. This song seems to be a primarily a free floating bawdy tagline. See this google search. Joe Offer, would you be willing to sing your version of the song for me? I am curious to see of the tune is the same for everyone. Anyone who uses this as a *tagline* would you be willing to give me a ring and sing the song over the phone for folklore purposes? If yes, you can reach me afternoons at 314.647.3883 or evenings 314.381.0492. Any help is appreciated. Yours, John Mehlberg ~ My, mostly traditional, bawdy songs, toasts and recitations website: www.immortalia.com |
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07 May 05 - 03:34 PM (#1480160) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: Joe Offer Nice talking with you, John. I'd sure like to identify the tune for this tag. I'd guess it was a tune for tag used in vaudeville shows - with different lyrics. Note how Mrzzy uses this tag in Vinter in the Valley Green. I learned the tag in southeastern Wisconsin, probably at camp - but I can't remember if it was the Boy Scout camp I attended or the Catholic boys' camp where I worked. The Catholics paid better, so I turned down the opportunity to work at Boy Scout Camp. Too bad - I'm sure I would have finished those two merit badges and made Eagle Scout if I had accepted the Boy Scout job. But anyhow, I don't recall the tag being connected to any particular song or occasion - if there was a lull, somebody might throw this in. By the end of the first line, everybody would join in. -Joe Offer- |
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10 May 05 - 08:55 PM (#1482102) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: Jim Dixon Here's a camp song called (I'M A) JUVENILE DELINQUENT that has the "And then there's grandma, swinging on the outhouse door" ending. Unfortunately, I don't know the tune. Could it be I'M A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY? |
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10 May 05 - 09:43 PM (#1482132) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: Ferrara Another variant: And there was Grandma, swinging on the outhouse door Without her nightie, Singing on the outhouse door -- And there was grandpa, Sweeping up the outhouse floor With Grandma's nightie, Sweeping up the outhouse floor. |
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11 May 05 - 12:35 AM (#1482192) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: GUEST,.gargoyle The tag-line....as I know it....is an American Burlesque/Vaudville style....something for sax or clarinet....a nice mellow wanging-twang.
However, my version has:
Sincerely, |
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18 Oct 06 - 12:06 AM (#1861871) Subject: RE: outhouse door lyrics From: GUEST,D John The version I heard was: I'm a juvenile delinquent I roam the streets from one to four. I drink and smoke with other kids in town waiting for my pickup to come. I'm a juvenile delinquent, My mother hates me, my daddy beats me, as for my granny, Swingin' on the outhouse door, as if she owned it, Swingin' on the outhouse door, without her nighty, Swingin' on the outhouse door. |
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03 Jan 08 - 08:21 PM (#2227885) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST (Michigan) We used to insert a name of someone (in the 1960s) and go around the circle of girl friends: Rita... Swinging on the outhouse door Without her nighty What the heck's a nighty for? To hide her hidey What the heck's a hidey for? Go ask your momma! Then the next name would be inserted and the song would repeat. K |
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03 Jan 08 - 08:29 PM (#2227888) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: Melissa We prefaced the granny tag with a song called "Nanny's Bloomers". I wish we'd known about grandpa yelling for more..we would have liked that part. |
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04 Jan 08 - 11:28 AM (#2228301) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Owing to the power of free association, and for no other apparent reason, this thread brings to mind another Grandpa/Grandma ditty: "Caviar comes from the virgin sturgeon, The virgin sturgeon's a very rare fish. The virgin sturgeon needs no urgin', That's why caviar is my dish! I fed caviar to my Grandpa, He's a man of ninety-three. The virgin sturgeon needs no urgin', He chased Grandma up a tree!" |
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26 May 08 - 10:29 AM (#2349353) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,GUEST I learned these lyrics in the 1950's "And there was Granny Swinging on the outhouse door without her nightie 'Coz she had pajamas on" But this was always stuck on the end of "Twas a cold winters evening The guests were all leaving OLeary was the closing the bar When he turned to the lady in red and said Get out you can't stay anymore She shed a sad tear In her bucket of beer As she thought of the cold night ahead When a gentleman dapper Stepped out of the crapper And these are the wordsthat he said Her mother never told her The things a young girl shoud know About the ways of college men The way they come and go Mostly go Now age has taken her beauty And sin has left its sad scar So remember you mothers and sisters boys And let her sleep under the bar Between the puddles! And there was Granny Swinging on the outhouse door without her nightie 'Coz she had pajamas on" |
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26 May 08 - 11:22 PM (#2349782) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,iancarterb We sang on the school bus, between 1946 and 1954, a medley of A Man Without a Woman and Silver Dollar- a remarkable educational adjunct, I think, since I was able to learn unconsciously from the 7th and 8th graders, as a first grader and onward, the songs, harmony singing and even improv!- but the relationship to the thread is that Grandma swung on that outhouse door as the tag to Silver Dollar. ...The way a silver dollar goes from hand to hand So a woman goes from man to man, And there was Grandma... I remember hearing it tagged to other songs as a young teenager, but I don't temember what. Carter |
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05 Feb 09 - 08:23 PM (#2558539) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST I remember this version and there was Granny, swinging on the outhouse door, without her nighty, waiting for the garbage man, who was a playboy to take her to the playboy house to be a bunny, baby could you ask for more????? ten dollars please..... will that be cash or chargex... ccchhhh ccchhhhh dddoooo ddoooo dodooo do |
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17 Apr 09 - 09:27 AM (#2613071) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,Guest I remember this rhyme, although we did it slightly differently in the 70's. There was a beginning to it (lord knows if I can remember it) but the grandma part went like this: "...And there was grandma, swinging on the outhouse door without her nightie, waiting for the garbage man, who was a playboy, to take her to the playboy club to be a bunny, baby can you ask for more..2 dollars please" |
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14 Sep 09 - 09:03 PM (#2723791) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST Well, my version seems particularly odd and obviously incorrect, but this is how we sang it as kids in the early 1960s: And there's Aunt Alice Swingin' on the old back gate Without her nightie Waitin' for the garbage man. Hmmmm. |
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07 Oct 09 - 11:19 AM (#2740435) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST I remember the garbage man version too. But what came before "and there was grandma..."? How does the song start? I learned it in brownies/guides. |
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08 Oct 09 - 10:43 AM (#2741123) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: Joe Offer That's the thing - it's a tag, not a song. It can be added to any number of songs, like the tags at the end of Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor:
Y'know that I love and I wanna hold you tight Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday night. On the bedpost over... A dollar is a dollar and a dime is a dime. I'd sing another chorus but I haven't got the time. On the bedpost over - night. |
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23 Nov 09 - 01:56 PM (#2771959) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST And there was grandma Swinging on the outhouse door without her nighty (nighty!) And there was grandpa Wishing he could swing once more But he was eighty (eighty!) Couldn't get it up no more (without viagra!) |
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24 Nov 09 - 07:31 AM (#2772481) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: AllisonA(Animaterra) On the school bus in the mid-70s we sang: And there was (insert embarrassed female classmate's name here) Swinging on the outhouse door Without her nighty Waiting for the garbage man Whose name was (insert embarrassed male classmate's name here). It was an effective way to torture the dorkier and less popular kids, as well as pick on each other. I was so dorky and unpopular I never got mentioned! |
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29 Mar 10 - 03:31 PM (#2874930) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST Our version was always a tag to "Mrs. Bliss": Oh Mrs. Bliss, went out to pi....ck some flowers, and in the grass, she wet her a.....nkles to her knees. And in the coop, she let a po....or old chicken die, and in the cart, she let a far....mer pass her by. Or as a tag to: Just a boy and a girl, in a little canoe, and the moon was shining all around. Well they talked and they talked 'til the moon it went in, and he said you better kiss me or get out and swim, So you know what to do in a little canoe, when the moon is shining all-a, the moon is shining all-a, the moon is shining all-around. GET OUT AND SWIM! What the heck, stay in and neck, for an hour or two, And there was Granny, swinging on the outhouse door, without her nightie, waiting for the boy next door who was a playboy, eating creamy caramels from Kraft. And there was Grampa, swinging on the outhouse door, without his jammies, waiting for the girl next door (then sing slowly and campy) who was a stripper, eating those creamy, creamy, creamy, Lord, oh those creamy, creamy, caramels from Kraft. Anyway, I just couldn't resist putting my two cents in! lol |
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24 May 10 - 09:34 AM (#2913089) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST the farmer and the maiden were courtin mighty fair down by the river and they didn't know where well the farmer he was bashful and the maiden she was shy when he asked her if he could kiss her this was her reply you can do it if you wanna but you better do it right you better not do it like you did the other night for if you do i'm tellin you i'll never let you do it again and there was granny swinging on the outhouse door.... witout her nighty waiting for the garbage man who was a play boy.... (I don't know the rest but it did have this line it) "a kiss and a squeeze, ten dollars please" I might not have the right words, for all the lines but it went something like that, my best friend went to brownies and taught it to me 20 some odd years ago! |
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23 Aug 10 - 02:39 PM (#2971260) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST This song always capped for the California Drinking Song for us back in the day. Don't know why, that's just how it was. |
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23 Aug 10 - 03:59 PM (#2971300) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,Seonaid Well, here's how we sang it at the Fox Inn years ago, as a tag to whatever other goofy thing Bill was hollering: And there was Grandma, Swingin' on the outhouse door Without her nightie, And Grandpa yellin' "More, more, more!" Until the hinge broke... Now Grandma... Ain't a swinger... Any mo-o-o-o-ore. |
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18 Jun 11 - 08:31 PM (#3172632) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST The way I heard the song goes like this: And then there's Grandma, Swingin on the outhouse door: She's in her nightie! Swingin on the outhouse door: She'll get a splinter! Swingin on the outhouse door: And then there's Grandpa, Sayin more more more! It might just be the version my generation has come up with but I find it rather amusing =) |
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28 Sep 12 - 01:19 PM (#3411435) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,Sandy In the 1960s in Massachusetts, we hooked it up with, "I Wanna Man",and it went like this: I wanna man, I wanna man, I wanna mansion in the sky. I wanna neck, I wanna neck, I wanna necktie for my guy. And when the dam, dam, dam, dam, damage is done, Home to mother I will run, with my child, with my child, with my childhood memories. And there was granny, swingin' on the outhouse door. Without her nighty. Waitin' for the garbage man. He had her nighty. Wrapped up in a cellophane bag. |
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28 Sep 12 - 01:47 PM (#3411443) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,999 I want a man, I want a man I want a mansion in the sky I want a neck, I want a neck I want a necktie for my guy I want a pet, I want a pet I want a petticoat that's red And when the damn, damn, damn, damn Damage is done I'm gonna go back where I started from I want a child, I want a child I want a childhood over again Remember granny swinging on the outhouse door Without her nighty And grandpa yelling more, more, more |
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09 Oct 12 - 12:11 PM (#3416969) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,Guest Nobody's got it right yet. This is how I learned it: Oh the farmer and the maiden they were courtin' pretty fair. Out behind the barn they didn't know that I was there. The farmer he was bashful and the maiden she was shy And when he asked her if he could, this was her reply You can do it if you want to but you've got to do it right You better not do it like you did the other night Cause if you do well I'm a tellin' you I'll never let you do it again I mean the laundry I'll never let you do it again And there was granny Swingin' on the outhouse door Without a shirt on Brother - could you ask for more? Two dollars please. |
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12 Nov 12 - 08:22 PM (#3435558) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,booga The one I always knew was: "And there was grandma, swingin on the out house door Without her nightie Waitin for the garbage man Who was her lover Chewing chewy caramels for fun! |
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22 Feb 13 - 12:50 AM (#3482301) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST The name of the song is Juvenile Delinquent. I called my sister, a former girl scout. Surprisingly she had a copy of the songs they used to sing at camp. Juvenile Delinquent Oh, I'm a juvenile delinquent I roam the streets 'til two a.m. I drink with all the sailors And I smoke with all the bums I wait on the corner 'til my pickup comes Oh, I'm a juvenile delinquent And I don't wanna go home My mama hates me - I don't wanna go home My daddy hates me - I don't wanna go home And then there's grandma, swingin' on the outhouse door She lost her nightie, swingin' on the outhouse door Now here comes grandpa, swingin' on the outhouse door He found her nightie, swingin' on the outhouse door He really likes her, swingin' on the outhouse door This is the last time, swingin' on the outhouse door Ha Ha I fooled ya, swingin' on the outhouse door Boom Boom |
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28 Feb 15 - 09:01 PM (#3690632) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST I heard this song in the late 80s. Can't remember all the words but this is what I can remember. "Oh I'm a juvenile delinquent a marijuana do or die. I drink with sailors and I neck with bums. Sit in the corner til my pick up comes. And there was grandma swinging from the outhouse door without her panties and there was grandpa seeing what he never saw before. A rippa dippa dippa my mother is a stripper . That's why I love youuuuu!!! |
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19 Dec 15 - 10:04 PM (#3759780) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST I'm curious about the Kraft reference. I learned this in Girl Guide Camp in the mid '70's in Ontario, Canada. We sang, "And there was granny, Swinging on the outhouse door, Without her nightie, Waiting for the garbageman, Who was a playboy, Eating softee toffee from Kraaaaaaft." |
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09 Apr 17 - 12:53 PM (#3849678) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,Guest The version I remember was from the 60's and it was a tag line to all those goofy songs we sang on the bus going to basketball games. "And then there's Granny... Swing in' on the outhouse door, without her nightie... We ain't going home no more! I wish I could explain the tune itself. Goofy song tag, but fun to use and rather "naughty" back in those innocent days of seventh and eighth grades. This was also in Wisconsin by the way. |
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27 Apr 17 - 12:31 AM (#3852629) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,Darwin Here's a version I recorded... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzz1AZdj1LM |
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20 Jun 17 - 10:28 AM (#3861919) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,James Nesbitt Here the version I learned in 1970. We are juvenile delinquents, We can't go ho-me any more. We drink with the sailors, And eat with the bums. We sit on the corner til the pickup comes. We are junvenile delinquents, we can't go ho-me any more... (and then there's Granny...) |
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06 Mar 20 - 04:59 PM (#4037977) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,GUEST, Susan Hart And here's the version I learned in 1960 or thereabouts: We are juvenile delinquents We roam the streets at night alone We smoke with sailors and we drink with bums We wait on the corner til the pickup comes Oh we are juvenile delinquents We go to bed each night alone..... Move over Charlie The customer is always right Two fifty please! And there was [insert name] Swinging on the outhouse door Doing what she did before Without her nightie |
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26 Jul 20 - 04:04 PM (#4065975) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,Cinderbecca My mother made my sister, cousins & I learn this song when we were little It is slightly different... Oh, Im a juvenile delinquent I stay up from 2 to 4 -chant- A.M! I drink with sailors And I smoke with bums I sit on the corner 'till my pickup comes Oh, I'm a juvenile delinquent I don't want to go home -echo- (My Mama Hates Me) I don't want to go home -echo- (My Daddy Beats Me) I don't want to go home And then theres Grandma -pause- Swinging on the outhouse door (With out her nighty) Swinging on the outhouse door -slow and drawn out- And then theres Grandpaaa -pause- -speed up- Tellin her to swing s'mor! -vampy snap- (Uhh) (Uhh) Door to door! |
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01 Apr 23 - 07:37 PM (#4168989) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Swinging on the Outhouse Door From: GUEST,Dfitz Sarah,Sarah sitting in a shoe shine shop,all day long she sits and shines,all day long she shines and sits,Sarah Sarah,sitting in a Chevrolet,all day long she sits and shifts,all day long she shifts and sits,Sarah,Sarah, ?sitting on a battleship,all day long she sits on ships,all day long on ships she sits,Sarah Sarah,swinging on the outhouse door,Sarah Sarah swinging on the outhouse door,all day long she swings and sits,all day long she sits and swings…… There are many verses to this bar sing a long,each with harder tongue twisters for the drinkers,lol,very fun and lighthearted,this version came from Pat Obriens piano bar in the 80s |