Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH

Subject: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: Dan
Date: 07 Jul 98 - 11:18 PM

Can anyone help me with the lyrics to this song? I'm not sure if it would be called a "bawdy" or a "hash" or something entirely different. This is all that I know of it.

She was comin' round the mountain doin 90 miles an hour when the chain on her motorcycle broke. She was thrown in the grass with the muffler up her...........well, you get the idea.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Subject: RE: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 08 Jul 98 - 10:52 AM

As far as I recall, it's a one-stanza parody.

She was comin' round a bend doin' nine miles an hour
When the chain on her bicycle broke;
She was found in a pass with a sprocket in her pocket
She was tickled to death by a spoke.

Subject: RE: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: Earl
Date: 08 Jul 98 - 11:24 AM

I think this came up in the "naughty kids" thread. Here's how I learned it:

She was coming down the mountain doing 90
When the chain on her motorcycle broke
She was found in the grass with the kickstand up her ass
and her tits were playing Dixie on the spokes

Subject: RE: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From:
Date: 11 Jul 98 - 08:39 PM

I take it this thing is meant to be a variant on "The Wreck of Old 99"

Subject: RE: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: Bert
Date: 13 Jul 98 - 11:20 AM

Hi Anon,
Dick's version certainly, but is Earls version to the tune of "Road to the Isles"?

Bert.

Subject: RE: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,David
Date: 04 Nov 02 - 12:54 AM

ok, the way I heard it:

She was goin down the hill bout 90 mile an hour
when the chain on her bicycle broke.
She landed in the grass with a sprocket up her ass,
and her boobs were playin Dixie on the spokes.

Subject: RE: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: Pinetop Slim
Date: 04 Nov 02 - 11:14 AM

Didn't Kingston Trio or one of their contemporary groups record something similar as "Super Skier?"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Nov 02 - 11:12 AM

It was the Chad Mitchell trio and the lyrics are here

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: masato sakurai
Date: 05 Nov 02 - 11:28 AM

"Super Skier" is based on the "M.T.A. Song" tune (ultimately "The Ship That Never Returned"). HERE is their sound clip.
~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,grgrypapgram
Date: 25 Sep 03 - 09:14 PM

She was coming down the mountain
doin' 90 miles an hour
when the chain on her bicycle broke
she was found in the grass
with a sprocket up her ass
and her tits were all mangled in the spokes.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Sep 03 - 10:06 PM

Kool Kat Kool

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,Kevin Talley
Date: 29 Nov 07 - 12:47 PM

The tune of "Wreck of the Old 97".

She was comin' 'round the bend
Doin' 90 miles an hour
When the chain on her bicycle broke
She went slidin' through the grass
With a sprocket in her pocket
And was tickled to death by a spoke.

Subject: Lyr Add: SHE'LL BE COMING 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN
From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
Date: 29 Nov 07 - 04:11 PM

I assume this is a serious query, so I'll give it my best shot. This is probably one of the first songs children traditionally learned in the U.S., after nursery school. It was sung around camp fires, at kids' parties and in schools. I have no information on its origins, although it sounds like it could have been a fiddle and banjo dance tune in our rural areas at one time. It probably has some hidden meaning, but I've no idea what it might be. Others?

She'll be comin' around the mountain when she comes.
She'll be comin' around the mountain when she comes.
She'll be comin' around the mountain,
she'll be comin' around the mountain'
She'll be comin' around the mountain when she comes.

She'll be drivin' six white horses, etc.

And we'll all go out to meet her, etc.

And we'll all have chicken and dumplings, etc.

By the way, it was not the same tune as for "The Wreck of the Old 97," but perhaps reminiscent of it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 29 Nov 07 - 05:08 PM

See threads linked at top of thread.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,bikemagic
Date: 09 Feb 08 - 01:50 PM

I was going down the road doing 90 miles an hour
when the chain on my bicycle broke
I went through the grass
with the kickstand up my ass
and my balls playing dixie in the spokes

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,grandpa
Date: 26 Apr 08 - 07:34 PM

The song I remember went
I was coming round the bend doing 90 miles an hour
When the chain on my bicycle broke
I was bruised all over with a rash from the gravel
....

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 03:57 PM

It went ...

She was comin' 'round the mountain doing 90
When the chain on her motorcyle broke
She was found in the grass
With a muffler up her ass
And her tits doing Dixie on the spokes....

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: Amos
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 04:13 PM

There is an almost-Republican density developing in this thread.

1. The verse requested is not called "Coming 'Round the Mountain".
2. The verse requested is a hack variant on the "Wreck of the Old 97" (not 99). It has as many variations as naughty minded school children have been able to dream up in the last ~75 years.
3. "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain" is as described above by TJinSanDiego.

A

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 06 Jun 08 - 05:02 PM

A different song, yes, but it too has its share of after-dark verses.

I gave her inches one and drove it on.
I gave her inches one and drove it on.
I gave her inches one, She said "Honey, this is fun!
Put your belly close to mine and drive it on."

More verses in Ed Cray, "The Erotic Muse."

The girls they grow tall in Kansas.
The girls they grow tall in Kansas.
The girls they grow tall
And they lay 'em on a log,
And they fuck 'em like a dog in Kansas.

and etc.
Vance Randolph, "Roll Me in Your Arms."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 07 Jun 08 - 03:22 PM

Of course "She'll be Comin' ..." is a parody itself, of the hymn "When the Chariot Comes" (1899, "Old Plantation Hymns"), posted by Richie (13 Nov 02) in the original thread 4947, linked above (the one with 35 messages).

Here's a verse of another parody about an inept home handyman by Kristof Robertson-

Tried rewirein' my kitchen, house burned down
Tried rewirin' my kitchen, house burned down
Tried rewirin' my kitchen
All the firemen are a-bitchin'
And they're tryin' hard to run me out of town.

I think that is on line; I just happened to write that verse down on my copy of "She'll be Comin'...".

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: Micca
Date: 07 Jun 08 - 07:19 PM

You aint heard "She'll be coming round the mountain" as detailed by TJ in San Diego until you heard Skarpi sing it in Icelandic!!!!! he did this at the Getaway the last year at Ramblewood(2005?) and it was one of the most surreal experiences ever.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Oct 08 - 06:22 PM

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,FL Visitor
Date: 10 Nov 09 - 03:53 PM

This is awesome! I can't believe other people sang this stupid song too.

I was about 12 years old in Boston (Jamaica Plain) and remember it like this -

She was comin' 'round the mountain doing 90,
when the chain on her motorcycle snapped,
she went flyin' in the grass with the muffler up 'er ass,
and her tits were playin' Dixie with the spokes!

Now its stuck in my head and I'll be singing it for another 38 years! ;)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,Rosie
Date: 14 Jul 10 - 06:24 AM

What I heard from my dad was:
She was comin' down the mountain
Doing 90 miles per hour
When the chain on her bicycle broke
She went sliding through the grass
With a sprocket up her ass
And her left titty punctured by a spoke.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,Lesa
Date: 22 Nov 10 - 10:25 AM

My grandpa used to walk around the house singing that song. I actually didn't know it was a song till I googled it and found this site. Man I used to think my grandpa was senile. it went:

She was coming 'round a mountain doin' 90 miles an
hour when the chain on her bicycle broke
When we found her in the grass
She had a sprocket up her ass
And her titi was playing dixie on a spoke

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Nov 10 - 12:27 AM

goin round the corner at a hundred and eight
when the chain on the motorcycle broke
landed in the grass
with my muffler up my ass
and my boobs playin ping pong with the spokes

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 10:25 PM

I have the answer for all of you. It is part of the song THERES A SKEETER ON MY PEETER. Go to youtube and you can hear it. I came here looking for the answer and ended up remembering were I heard it from. Here is the video, go to 1:38 and you can hear lat versehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uC7KF-8Ruo

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 11:49 PM

The 3 posts before from this last one are bawdy parody variants of The Wreck Of The Old 97, conflated by first line with She'll be Coming Round The Mountain but not otherwise related to it.

~Michael~

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 11:55 PM

Correction ~~ 4 posts before last...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Sep 11 - 11:12 AM

I have always know it as this:

She was comin' round the mountain, doin' 90 miles an hour, when the chain on her bicycle broke. She was found in the grass, handle bars up her ass, and her left kidney punctured by a spoke.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,a girl lol
Date: 13 Dec 11 - 12:59 AM

She was coming round the mountain doing 90
when the chain on the motorcycle broke
she was laying in the grass with a muffler up her ass
and her titties playing ding dong on the spokes

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST
Date: 23 May 14 - 12:30 PM

It is actually:

She was comin' round the mtn bout' 90
When the chain on her motorcycle broke
She crashed on the grass with the muffler up her ass
And her titties playin' Dixie on the spokes...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 23 May 14 - 09:13 PM

Dear Guest,

Nice version: thank you.

Just for the historical record:

When - approximate year?
Where - geographic location (UK Hull, USA Iowa, etc a city?)
Who - playground friend, mother, father, live gig


Sincerely,
Gargoyle

A few more compression arm-lifts and we might breath life into this corpse.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 19 Jul 14 - 05:38 AM

An Australian version I heard in the 90s:

Riding down the mountain
Pissing like a fountain
When the chain on my bicycle broke
Sitting in the grass
With a pedal up my arse
And my balls play a tune on the spokes

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Sep 14 - 01:38 PM

My dad sang it with a first being:

Oh she spit and she fart and she shit on the floor
The gas from her ass blew the knob off the door.
She carved he initials in a bowl of shit.
and the moon shone bright on the nipple of her tit.

She was ringing on her bicycle doing 90 MPH
When the chain on her bicycle broke...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 12 Sep 14 - 02:04 PM

We have still got right away from the song the thread is about, and into versions of The Wreck of the Old 97. Great song -- but a DIFFERENT one!

≈M≈


oh wotza use...

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: Lighter
Date: 12 Sep 14 - 02:36 PM

The first stanza actually goes to "Turkey in the Straw," or it did when I heard comparable lines in 1977.

So it's "folk."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 12 Sep 14 - 02:44 PM

Yes; I can 'hear' where it's TurkeyStraw; & the second bit is, as I said, Old 97. Nobody's arguing whether it's 'folk' or not. This isn't one of those Wot iz foke fweds!

But it is a thread on She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain,

Look ☝☝☝☝☝



not TurkStraw or Old97 ---

So why are we talking of a whole bunch of other songs instead? That's not drift, it's just confusion...

≈M≈

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Feb 15 - 04:47 PM

No it's she was coming round the mouton doin 90 when the chain on her bicycle broke she went flyin down the path with a sprocket up her ass she was goin round the hill doin 90.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 30 May 15 - 06:04 PM

I heard it on an album in Birdland record and tapes in late 70's.
I remember it going.
she was coming round the mountain
going 90 miles an hour
when the chain on her bicycle broke
she was laying in the grass
with a sprocket up her ass
and her tities began to smoke

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Comin' Round the Mountain???
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Oct 16 - 08:36 PM

She was goin down the road doin 199 when the chain on her motorcycle broke, they found her in the grass with the muffler up her ass and her titties playing dixie on the spokes. Or so Dr. Dirty John Valby tells it.

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 16 Aug 17 - 10:28 PM

Well, the version I heard in the 1970s in Australia went as follows

She was coming 'round the mountain
Pissing like a fountain
When the chain on the bicycle broke
She was lying on the grass
With a pedal up her arse
With her boobs playing chopsticks on the spokes.

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Nov 17 - 05:31 PM

she was riding down the mountain side 90 miles an hour when the chain on her motorcycle broke. she flew in the grass got sprockets up her ass and then she began to choke. Her lips turn pink like a rooster's dink, her hair was horseshit Brown, her tits were loose like the balls on a moose and her name was Ossie Brown

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: GUEST,MIKE
Date: 11 Dec 17 - 08:36 PM

she was coming down the mountain 90 miles an hour when the chain on her motorcycle broke. well we found her in the grass with the muffler up her ass while tities played dixie on the spokes.

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: GUEST,presmanjs
Date: 08 Feb 19 - 02:11 AM

The way I heard it was pretty much the same as what's already been posted, except in the version that I heard, it was the clutch that broke on the motorcycle, not the chain. Also in the line about the muffler up her ass, the second part that I heard was "and the handlebar was wrapped around her throat."
The full version as I heard it was as follows:
She was goin' down the mountain doing 90 miles an hour
when the clutch on the motorcycle broke,
And they found her in the grass with the muffler up her ass
And the handlebar was wrapped around her throat.

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: Mrrzy
Date: 10 Feb 19 - 10:48 AM

How have I never even heard OF this song? British or American? Wreck/97 is American... And *that* song we knew.

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: GUEST,Tompete
Date: 11 Feb 19 - 08:04 PM

Geezinslaw Brothers

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: GUEST,Don taylor
Date: 13 Feb 19 - 01:15 AM

I sing it to the tune of Chris ledoux's photo finish

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: GUEST,Wreck of the Old 97
Date: 08 Apr 19 - 11:15 AM

It’s a parody of Johnny Cash’s “Wreck of the Old 97”.

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Oct 21 - 02:44 AM

My maternal grandpa taught my mom and uncle as:
She was comin' around the mountain doin' 90
When the chain on her motorcycle broke
She landed in the grass with the muffler up her ass
And her tits were playin' dixie with the spokes
("

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Aug 22 - 10:18 PM

He was coming down the grade doing 90 MPH
When the chain on his motorcycle broke.
He was found in the grass with a sprocket in his ass
And his pecker whistling Dixie on the spokes.

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Apr 23 - 05:14 PM

I can help you with this one. It's from "Piston Broke" by Zed Zordaan - part of the second verse goes:

Well she was riding on a motorcycle, doing 90
When suddenly her drive chain broke
Things began to toughen
With that muffler up her muffin
And her bon-bons going bong-bong on the spokes

I hope this helps.

Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
From: GUEST,D. Kingsley Hahn
Date: 06 Apr 23 - 12:47 AM

And then there's the "Wreck Of The Old 49," written by Shel Silverstein:


"Well, I'll sing you a song 'bout the old Forty Nine --
The fastest engine on the Santa Fe line!
On the 14th of April, she made a desp'rate dash,
And she got there on time -- and she did not crash!"