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31 Dec 00 - 04:40 PM (#366387) Subject: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: Bernard Years ago a friend of mine used to sing 'Our Tomcat swallowed a Kangaroo...' to the tune of the 'Soldiers' Chorus' from Faust (Charles Gounod). He never went any further than that one line, and I was wondering if anyone else had heard it, and if there were more words... I am well aware of the original words - it's these silly words I'm after! Sad, innit?!! |
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31 Dec 00 - 08:16 PM (#366522) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,nomadman I heard something like that some years ago. It went: My father swallowed a kangaroo Gave me the grizzely bits to chew First one leg, then the other too Oh ho ho ho ho Oh ho ho ho ho The grizzely kangaroo Regards John |
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01 Jan 01 - 04:06 PM (#366816) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: Bernard Thanks a bunch! It always seemed like there should be more. I shall sleep tonight! Happy New Millennium, John! |
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02 Jan 01 - 07:50 AM (#367028) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: paddymac Must of been one hell of a tomcat, unless of course, he did it "One bite at a time, sweet jesus --" :>) |
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03 Jan 01 - 12:34 AM (#367544) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: rabbitrunning I learned it as: My father slew a kangaroo He gave me the gristly parts to chew Now wasn't that an awful thing to do? To give me a chew Of the gristly parts of a kang - a - roo! From my oldest sister, who I think learned it in Girl Scouts in the early 1960s in Colorado. Don't know if it's the same tune, tho... You can actually sing it as a round if you're feeling silly enough. |
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03 Jan 01 - 02:35 PM (#367922) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: Bernard It certainly fits! Thanks!
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04 Jan 01 - 05:00 AM (#368278) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: Elise I learned Rabbit's version in summer camp as a kid in the 70's. My parents were appropriately appalled. It's one of those truly annoying songs, like Henry the Eighth I Am, I am. |
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24 Oct 04 - 10:57 PM (#1306251) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: Joe Offer Frefresh. Seems like somebody must have more information on this. -Joe Offer- |
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18 Aug 10 - 04:05 AM (#2967664) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,Christopher W My father and uncle used to sing the first line "My auntie swallowed a kangaroo", and I seem to recall the lines "I wish she'd swallow the Kaiser too" and "I bet she borrowed it from the zoo" coming into it somewhere. The reference to the Kaiser might suggest that my father and my uncle got it from my grandfather, who served in the (British) Royal Navy in the first world war. |
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18 Aug 10 - 10:30 AM (#2967844) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: Amos My version, learned from an aunt, went: My father Swallowed a kangaroo! Gave us The grisly parts to chew! First one leg Then the other one, too! Hominy Grits! Hominy Grits! And grisly kangaroo! |
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13 Dec 10 - 04:51 PM (#3052731) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,Evergrowingbrain My version went "my auntie swallowed a kangaroo" My auntie didn't know what to do My auntie went to the loo And out came a kaaaaaangarooooooo But I think my weird mind made up the last two lines. This is the only site on the whole Internet which comes up when searching for "my auntie swallowed a kangaroo" I thought of it after watching university challenge tonight. |
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28 Feb 11 - 01:19 PM (#3104363) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST Thank you! Indeed this is the only site that comes up on a google. I had most of the lyrics, but couldn't place the tune -- thank you, Bernard, for that. |
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28 Feb 11 - 02:50 PM (#3104447) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: ClaireBear Learned from Dave Ricker, my version has just slightly different words. It scans divinely. My father stewed up a kangaroo He gave me the gristly bits to chew Wasn't that a hell of a thing to do To give me to chew The gristly bits Of a stewed kangaroo? |
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01 Mar 11 - 03:58 AM (#3104787) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: Splott Man You can carry on making new verses with your kids with any animal with a long name, My father killed an armadillo... labrador... etc |
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05 Mar 12 - 08:32 PM (#3317937) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST My mother used to sing: My Aunt Jane she swallowed a penny balloon My Aunt Jane she's gone off to visit the moon My Aunt Jane I hope she comes back soon She hasn't yet paid for the balloon she swallowed |
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31 Oct 12 - 10:05 AM (#3428833) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,JMcL "Beer, boys, and bugger the Band of Hope" |
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31 Oct 12 - 01:49 PM (#3428979) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: BrendanB My father slaughtered a kangaroo He gave me the gristly end to chew That's not a very nice thing to do To give you the gristly end of a kangaroo to chew Learnt during a particularly drunken Morris weekend. |
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08 May 14 - 07:30 PM (#3625036) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,dory My father-in-law is 101 and bits of old songs and poems pop into his head from time to time. He's from England and had a brother in the navy during WWII. Here's his version of the kangaroo song: my father ate a kangaroo he gave me the chibbledy bits to chew when i had chewed them through and through he gave me more chibbeldy bits to chew we were hoping to find more verses and the source of this silly silly song |
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10 May 14 - 12:45 AM (#3625153) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: Joe Offer refresh, compensating for our downtime |
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04 Sep 15 - 08:29 AM (#3735293) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,Phflupp My father (British, born 1918) sang the one liner: "My auntie swallowed a penny balloon" ...sadly, that was all I ever heard. |
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07 Apr 16 - 04:34 PM (#3784070) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,Newjustine As a small girl in the 70s, a friend sang; My auntie swallowed a kangaroo And she gave me the gristly bits to chew. My uncle swalled a penny balloon To his disgust, the penny balloon bust And blew him right up to the moon! A combination of everyone's contribution (and it just popped i to my head this evening). Does it exist nowhere else on the internet? I find that hard to believe! |
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15 Jul 17 - 07:36 PM (#3866316) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,Robert W I was wondering if anyone else knew this song and found this chain. I am 64 years old and from Brooklyn New York. Around 1963 or 1964 my friend said that he learned this song from his father. He fsang it as follows: My father killed a kangaroo Gave me the grizzly parts to chew Wasn't that a horrible thing to do To give me the grizzly parts of a dead kangaroo We never knew a second verse |
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15 Jul 17 - 07:47 PM (#3866320) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,Robert W Unbeleivable, I found someone who knew the rest My father killed a parakeet, Gave me the teeniest feet to eat. Wasn't that a terrible feat to beat, To give me to eat the teeniest feet of a parakeet. My father killed a grizzly bear, Gave me the hairiest part to wear. Wasn't that a terrible fare to bear, To give me to wear the hairiest part of a grizzly bear. |
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16 Jan 20 - 05:24 PM (#4028682) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST My father gave me a kangaroo gave me the difficult end to chew was that a very nice thing to do? to give me the difficult end of a kangaroo to chew? |
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16 Jan 20 - 05:42 PM (#4028684) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,John Bowden (not a typo!) In the late 50s in Liverpool, when I was abut 10 years old, we used to sing: "My grandma swallowed a kangaroo, She gave me the gristly bits to chew, I chewed them through and through and through, My grannie was sick, and I was sick, And so was the kangaroo!" |
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29 Jan 20 - 03:21 PM (#4031037) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,ABCD It's certainly a really irritating take on Gounod's melody, and in a way I'm relieved to have the words of a rather better version than those which I've heard in mercifully, but frustratingly, fragmentary form. 1. "Oh, Jemima, look at your uncle Jim, In the duck-pond learning how to swim, First the back-stroke, then he does the crawl...." Cetera desunt ( or at least forgotten) 2. "Our tomcat swallowed a load of bricks..." groaned by Frank Muir, a long time ago now, on the BBC TV version of "My Music". |
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24 Jan 22 - 05:16 AM (#4133563) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo From: GUEST,Jack - Our tomcat swallowed a kangaroo Aunt Betsy didnt know what to do She took him down to the local zoo And there you can see him if you are prepared to pay one and two [That's one shilling and two pence in old money] |