Oh, Sir Jasper

DESCRIPTION: "Oh Sir Jasper do not touch me (x3) As she slipped between the sheets with nothing on at all." "Oh Sir Jasper do not touch (x3), As she...." "Oh, Sir Jasper, do not..." "Oh, Sir Jasper, do..." "Oh, Sir Jasper...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (John Brunner, "The Number of My Days," Nebula Science Fiction 19 [December 1956], according to Jonathan Lighter)
KEYWORDS: wordplay sex derivative campsong
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 168, 393, 394, "Oh, Sir Jasper"/"Oh, So Jasper" (sic.) (notes only)
DT, SIJASPR*
Roud #10311
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "John Brown's Body" (tune) and references there
cf. "I Wear My Pink Pajamas" (lyrics)
NOTES [110 words]: The trick here, of course, is that each time through, one more word is left out (perhaps with muffled sounds replacing it), until the final sounds are almost orgasmic.
It really should end with a "Tee hee," at least if anyone knows Chaucer's "Miller's Tale."
I would love to know what camps allowed this thing!
Averill calls this sort of thing, where words are left out of a song, a "decremental song." All I can say is, in terms of cleverness, this stands head and shoulders above the rest, even if it is not usable in polite company.
"John Brown's Body" seems to be a popular tune for decemental songs, being used for both this and "John Brown's Flivver." - RBW
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