Origins: Jingle Bells parody

Subject: Origins: Jingle Bells parody
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 10 Mar 05 - 05:24 PM

Ya know... the one about Batman smelling, and the Joker getting away....

Where did that come from?

Everyone knows it... but no one I've discussed this with has had an answer!

Subject: RE: Origins: Jingle Bells parody
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 10 Mar 05 - 05:48 PM

Well I heard it in the 1950's in an Auusie school playground.

Subject: RE: Origins: Jingle Bells parody
From: masato sakurai
Date: 10 Mar 05 - 06:49 PM

Variants are in:

Lyr Add: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells

Lyr Add: Something Smells (Jingle Bells).

Subject: RE: Origins: Jingle Bells parody
From: Azizi
Date: 10 Mar 05 - 10:30 PM

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.