Tune of "The Old Gray Mare." Or, if you prefer, "Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts" :
Here comes (insert name here) floatin' down the Delaware
chewin' dirty underwear
couldn't find another pair
five days later, eaten by a polar bear
poor old polar bear
Several very minor variations have been going around since at least the 1950s. This is often coupled with a Row Row Row Your Boat Parody about killing the teacher.
Philadelphia, PA 1960's:
ReplyDeleteHere coms ______ floating down the Delaware,
Chewing on his underware,
Couldn't afford another pair,
3 days later eaten by a polar bear
& that was the end of ______'s underwear.
BROOKLYN,NY 1960'S
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!
I SANG THIS SONG AS A YOUNG YOUNG CHILD!!
I WOULD INSERT THE NAME OF WHOEVER I WAS UPSET WITH...LOL...MY FAMILY TEASED ME ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS...DONT REMEMBER HOW I LEARNED IT...I WAS VERY SMALL....IM 49 YRS OLD NOW!!!..WOW...WHAT A GREAT MEMORY...I TEASED MY CHILDREN WITH THIS SONG BY USING PEOPLE THAT THEY LIKED!!!..HAHAHA.
Central Minnesota, 1970's
ReplyDeleteThere goes ______ floating down the Delaware
Chewing on her underwear
Can't afford another pair
Ten days later eaten by a polar bear
Here's why the polar bear died
Because ______ is a nut
She has a rubber butt
And every time she turns around
She goes putt putt
Sauk City, WI, mid '70's
ReplyDeleteThere goes __________ floating down the Delaware
Chewing on her underwear,
Can't afford another pair.
Two weeks later, bitten by a teddy bear
And that was the end of her!
Clarksville, TN.
ReplyDeleteThere goes ______ floating down the Delaware,
Chewing on his underwear,
Couldn't buy another pair.
Six weeks later eaten by a polar bear,
Polar bear died of rabies.
Southwest Wisconsin, mid-70's
ReplyDeleteThere goes _____ floatin' down the Delaware
Chewin' on his underwear
Can't afford another pair
Ten days later
Eaten by an alligator
That's how the alligator died.