Saturday, December 12, 2009

A Boy's Occupation...

One of the naughtier rhymes in Josepha Sherman's book:

A boy's occupation
is to stick his boneration
in a girl's separation
to increase the population
of the younger generation
would you like a demonstration?


In the 1970s, Iona Opie heard this version in England:

A man's occupation
is to stick his cockeration
up a lady's ventilation
to increase the popuplation
of the younger generation


A lot of versions of this have gone around, the variations being mostly the second and third lines. Not sure how far back it goes, but I imagine it goes pretty far! Kind of a rarity, in that it's a kid song that at least gets the basic mechanics right ie the birds and the bees (though no variation I know of uses the word "ejaculation," which ought to fit right in, and could easily replace the always-awkward "cockeration" / "boneration" lines). Sherman dates it back to at least 1966.

15 comments:

  1. As sung by Eric Cartman in the South Park episode "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?"

    It's a man's obligation
    To stick his boneration
    In a woman's separation
    This kind of penetration
    Will increase the population
    Of the younger generation

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  2. This is what we used to sing in primary school;

    It's a mans occupation,
    to shove his cockulation
    up a womans ventilation,
    to increase the population
    of the human generation.
    I found this information
    on the board of education,
    if you want a demonstration-
    please lie down.

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  3. Southern England, ~1971-74

    A man's occupation
    is to stick his boneration
    up a woman's ventilation
    to increase the population
    of the younger generation.
    For more information
    contact Dick's* Gas Station**
    or the Board of Education

    *
    **

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  4. * points at penis
    ** points at backside

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  5. Our version in DC went:

    I received an invitation
    from the board of education
    to perform an operation
    on a girl
    I stuck my dickleration
    in her lover ventilation
    and increased the population
    of the world

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    2. I heard this in elementary school (Spring Valley, California, circa 1961). One variation I note is the word "lover"; in our version it was "lower". Otherwise,the verses are identical. I suspect that this poem has been "around" for close to a century, if not longer.

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    3. Do you remember sing along every Tuesday with Mr. Thomas?

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  6. Its a mans occupation
    To stick his knobulation
    Up a womans ventalation
    To increase the population
    Of the younger generation
    I got this information
    From a board of education
    And a detailed demonstration
    From two teachers on the floor.


    1998 Uk

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  7. Replies
    1. I just made that up. Right here right now.

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  8. The version I grew up with:

    I got an invitation
    from the board of education
    to perform an operation
    on a girl
    To stick my dickcutation
    in her lower ventilation
    and increase the population
    of the world

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  9. I want to elementary school in Spring Valley, California as well. Circa 1961 - 1967 I remember the ditty went like this:

    I received and invitation
    from the board of education
    to perform an operation
    on a girl
    to stick my dickitation
    up her upper ventilation
    to increase the population
    of the world

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  10. Here's another from the same era:

    There once was a girl named Maria Brown
    Who claimed that no man could lay her down
    Around the corner came Pissball Pete
    With a hundred pounds of hanging meat
    He laid her out in the cool clean grass
    And stuck his balls right up her ass
    She blew a fart, blew his balls ten yards apart
    Around the corner came Pissball Pete
    With a hundred pounds of shredded meat

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PLEASE tell us where and when you heard your version (ie, "Chicago, early 1950s). And please be aware that the information may end up in a book sooner or later. Comments are screened; too much spam.