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Origins: Jingle Bells parody

10 Mar 05 - 05:24 PM (#1431848)
Subject: Origins: Jingle Bells parody
From: Clinton Hammond

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!


10 Mar 05 - 05:48 PM (#1431866)
Subject: RE: Origins: Jingle Bells parody
From: The Fooles Troupe

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


10 Mar 05 - 06:49 PM (#1431904)
Subject: RE: Origins: Jingle Bells parody
From: masato sakurai

Variants are in:

Lyr Add: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells

Lyr Add: Something Smells (Jingle Bells).


10 Mar 05 - 10:30 PM (#1431980)
Subject: RE: Origins: Jingle Bells parody
From: Azizi

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.