Years ago when I was in church camp, the song leader (a lady named Iris Bell) had us singing the "Oh, Nickodemo" song as a round. It was apparently a bunch of nonsense words strung together but we had a blast singing it.
Anyhoo, it went like this (lyrics may have been spelled differently):
Quick quack quannie onnie monnie monnie doshnick,
Quick quack quo,
quick quack quo.
Quick quack quannie onnie monnie monnie doshnick,
Quick quack quo,
quick quack quo.
Oh, Nickodemo, oh jolly-olly-ahmo,
Oh, Nickodemo, oh jolly-olly-oompa-oompa-oompa
Some of the pronunciations:
The words "quannie onnie monnie monnie" rhymed with the name Bonnie
The "doshnick" rhymed with the exclamation "Gosh Nick"
The j in jolly is not the usual j but a "zh" like in "measure"
Here is a rough sketch of the tune
The tune for the two long lines is exactly the same as the opening line in Rosemary Clooney's "This Ole House", such as:
G Bb Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb
"This old house once knew my children,"
"Quick quack quannie onnie monnie monnie doshnick,"
Then the next two lines are,
G Bb A
"Quick quack quo,"
G Bb Eb
"Quick quack quo."
The above lines are repeated, then the song moves to the refrain:
[up one octave]
Eb Eb Eb Eb C Eb D C Bb G
Oh, Nick o demo, oh jolly-olly-ahmo,
Bb C Bb Bb F Bb C D Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb Eb <--Eb's octave down
Oh, Nick o dem o, oh jolly-olly-oompa-oompa-oompa
Although I show all of the notes as of the same duration and have some notes covering a 2-syllable word, play them and you will get a good idea how the song was sung.
EuGene