Hi,

I'd say this and similar verses have long been in the bawdy tradition in a
song I'd call 'It's all round the room'. Not a very common song as I only
have 2 versions. It was certainly around c WWII. Check out More Rugby Songs
p110 under the title 'Mary'. Stanzas following order

1) Mary's in the kitchen punching duff, when the cheeks of her arse went
chuff chuff chuff
2)      "      "          "    boiling rice, when out of her **** jumped
three blind mice
3)      "    "            "   shelling peas, the hairs of her cunt hang
down to her knees
4)      "      "    garden sifting cinders, blew one fart and broke ten
windows
5) Mary had a dog whose name was Ben, had one cock which worked like ten.
6) Mary in the kitchen baking cakes, when out of her tits came two milk
shakes.

In 1967 I recorded a pub entertainer, Frank Gardham ( no direct relation but
the name's local) singing the same song but only had 2 stanzas

1) There's a camel and a dromedary shovelling coal, and the camel shovels
coal up the dromedary's hole.
2) Mary's in the pantry mixing duff (dough) and the cheeks of her arse go
chuff chuff chuff.

He followed this with 'My Brother Sylvest', 'Zulu Warrior', 'Roll me over'
and 'The Lobster Song', all accompanying himself on the piano.

Email by Steve Gardham to the Ballad-L email list serv. Posted to the Camouflaged shanties, Pt. 7 (long) thread Jul 25, 2005.