rants_unnecessarily t1_j1tboal wrote on December 27, 2022 at 5:51 AM

Reply to comment by silversurfer63 in TIL that British troops developed a diss song against Nazi leaders during World War II titled "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball." It was quickly picked up and sang by Allied troops. by collarpoppppppin

>chopped it off when he was small.

Chucked it over the chestnut tree,

It landed into the deep blue sea,

And then the fishes,

got out their dishes,

and had molluscs and bullocks for tea!

sleepytoday t1_j1tsp3q wrote on December 27, 2022 at 9:33 AM

Close to the version I know! We had:

Chopped it off when he was small
She threw it into a conker tree
It ended up in the deep blue sea
And then the fishes
Got out their dishes
And had scallops and bollocks for tea.

Though, I was never quite sure how it was in the Albert Hall if the fish had eaten it!

rants_unnecessarily t1_j1twvut wrote on December 27, 2022 at 10:33 AM

Hehe, that's exactly the other version we sang.

heyzooschristos t1_j1u73aa wrote on December 27, 2022 at 12:44 PM

I'm sure our version had a line "swimming, with mucky women"

silversurfer63 t1_j24p53c wrote on December 29, 2022 at 5:19 PM

i hadn't heard the one version with conker tree but makes sense being a British tune.