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Thread #79158   Message #1431980
Posted By: Azizi
10-Mar-05 - 10:30 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Jingle Bells parody
Subject: RE: Origins: Jingle Bells parody
The same version of Jingle Bells/Batman smells and the batmobile losing its wheel is found in Barbara Michels & Bettye White's 1983 book "Apples On A Stick, the Folklore of Black Children" {from Houston, Texas}

I have also collected that same exact rhyme from Pittsburgh area children & youth. Another Batman rhyme that I collected from children in the 'Greater Pittsburgh area' is this one that alludes to Batman & Robins' allegedly homosexual relationship:

Batman and Robin flyin in the air.
Batman lost his underwear.
Batman say "Me don't care.
Robin'll buy me another pair.