The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #172583   Message #4178571
Posted By: Jack Horntip
06-Aug-23 - 07:04 PM
Thread Name: ADD: My Name is Pancho, I Live On A Rancho (bawdy)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: My Name is Pancho, I Live On A Rancho
"My name is Pancho.
I live on the rancho.
I make-ee five dollars a day.
I go to see Lucy.
She geeve me some pooh-see.
And take-ee my five dollars away."

....

"There's a female version," Tump said. "It goes like this:

My name is Lula.
I work at the school-la.
I make-ee five dollars a day.
I go to see Rex
He give me some sex.
And take my five dollars away."

Pg 174, A Song to Die For by Mike Blakely. 2014.


See here: https://books.google.com/books?id=HhbFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=%22my+name+is+pancho%22+rancho&source=bl&ots=fFuj_hmlrN&sig=ACfU3U1-l_dE7BI_Afbgf4PAzd6iZqyOjA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjozLfv9MeAAxUZO0QIHXxLDTwQ6AF6BAg-EAM#v=onepage&q=%22my%20name%20is%20pancho%22%20rancho&f=false


I haven't been able to find another example of a female version.
So it is probably made up by the author. But thought I would post
it just in case it is traditional.   One can't find *everything*.