# Can anyone complete the worm song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 12, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564 "2003-02-12T13:59:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hyjyljyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@hyjyljyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyjyljyj)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/1 "2003-02-12T13:59:12Z")
Just wondering if anyone knows the rest of the words to this little ditty we used to pester the girls with in grade school: Nobody likes me Everybody hates me Guess I’ll go eat worms Bite their heads off Suck their guts out Throw their skins away… Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/2 "2003-02-12T14:03:27Z")
From [http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/worms.htm](http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/worms.htm) > [@](#): > > Version I: > Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, > Guess I’ll go eat worms, > Long, thin, slimy ones; Short, fat, juicy ones, > Itsy, bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms. > > Down goes the first one, down goes the second one, > Oh how they wiggle and squirm. > Up comes the first one, up comes the second one, > Oh how they wiggle and squirm. > Version II > Nobody loves me, everybody hates me > Think I’ll go and eat worms > Long ones, short ones, fat ones, thin ones > See how they wriggle and squirm > > I bite off the heads, and suck out the juice > And throw the skins away > Nobody knows how fat I grow > On worms three times a day > Ohh…nobody loves me. > Version III: > Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, > Think I’ll go eat worms. > Big fat juicy ones, Eensie weensy squeensy ones, > See how they wiggle and squirm. > > Chomp off their heads and squeeze out the juice > And throw their tails away > Nobody knows how I survive > On worms three times a day. > Version IV: > Nobody likes me, everybody hates me > I’m goin’ down the garden to eat worms > Long thin slimy ones, short fat fuzzy ones > Ooey gooey, ooey gooey worms > > Long thin slimy ones slip down easily > Short fat fuzzy ones don’t > Short fat fuzzy ones stick to your teeth > And the juice goes slurpin’ (slurping noise) down your throat > > Version V: > Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, > think I’ll go eat worms… > big fat juicy ones, little slimy skinny ones, > hope they don’t have germs!" Mmmm. Worms. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/3 "2003-02-12T14:06:58Z")
The version I learned at school in the UK is similar up to that point, then goes: Long thin curly ones Short fat fuzzy ones Think I’ll go and eat worms. The long thin curly ones Slip down easily The short fat fuzzy ones stick The fhort fat fuzzzy ones Stick in your teeth And all the juice goes “squick”\*. \*I now know that has another, even more dubious meaning. Bleaugh. ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/4 "2003-02-12T14:12:34Z")
I thought that it went… ``` Nobody likes me, everyone hates me, I'm going down the garden to eat worms. Long thin slimy ones, Short fat fuzzy ones, gooy gooy gooy worms. Now the long thin slimy one slip down easy, But the short fat fuzzy ones stick ... urgh! The short fat fuzzy ones stick in your teeth, But the juice goes sllluuuppp. Now you bite off their heads, and you suck out the juice And you trow the skins away. Nobody knows how I survive, On a hundred worms a day! ``` ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/5 "2003-02-12T14:16:14Z")
plenty of replys! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/6 "2003-02-12T15:02:09Z")
Frank Burns eats worms! ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/7 "2003-02-12T16:41:16Z")
Nobody loves me Everybody hates me Guess I’ll go eat worms. Little bitty skinny ones Great big fat ones Watch them wiggle and squirm. Bite their heads off Suck their guts out Throw the skins away. Everybody knows how everybody grows on worms three times a day. -YEAH ! ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/8 "2003-02-12T17:49:41Z")
I have a totally different version: Nobody likes me, Everybody hates me Guess I’ll go eat worms Long thin skinny ones Short fat fuzzy ones Itsy bitsy fuzzy wuzzy worms. Down goes the first one Down goes the second one Oh, how they wiggle and squirm Long thin skinny ones Short fat fuzzy ones Itsy bitsy fuzzy wuzzy worms Up comes the first one Up comes the second one Oh, how they wriggle and squirm Long thin skinny ones Short fat fuzzy ones Itsy bitsy fuzzy wuzzy worms. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/9 "2003-02-12T17:53:58Z")
Are any of these worms going to be shared, or are you keepig them all to yourself? ---
**Author:** ![anderm00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anderm00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anderm00)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/10 "2003-02-12T18:21:06Z")
This is how we always sang it: Nobody likes me Everybody hates me I’m gonna eat some worms First one greasy Went down easy Second one stuck to me tongue Third one busted Fourth one rusted Fifth one stuck to me tongue Oh, you chop off the head Suck out the guts Through the skins awayyy!! Nobody knows but all us kids Eat worms three times a day! (And in between meals!) (With a cherry on top!) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/11 "2003-02-12T18:26:02Z")
They always, always pick on me. They never, never let me be. I’m so very lonely, awfully sad, It’s a long time since I’ve been glad. But I know what I’ll do, by and by, I’ll eat some worms, and then I’ll die! When I’m gone, you wait and see— They’ll all be sorry that they picked on me! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/12 "2003-02-12T20:06:26Z")
Dr. Demento has played this version recorded by Captain Rock. > [@](#): > > Nobody likes me, everyone hates me, > I’m going down the back to eat worms. > Long red skinny ones, big fat juicy ones, > Wriggle in my tummy type worms. > I like the way they wriggle > As they slide down my throat, > So much nicer than a turtle or a goat, > Nobody likes me, everyone hates me, > I’m going down the back to eat worms. > > Take your chicken, take your steak, > Buttered scones and ice cream cake, > I’d much rather have worms! > Nobody likes me, everyone hates me, > I’m going down the back to eat worms. > > Nobody likes me, everyone hates me, > I’m going down the back to eat worms. > Long red skinny ones, big fat juicy ones, > Wriggle in my tummy type worms. > I like the way they wriggle > As they slide down my throat, > So much nicer than a turtle or a porcupine, > Nobody likes me, everyone hates me, > I’m going down the back to eat worms. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/13 "2003-02-12T22:12:03Z")
Just for the sake of completeness, the version I learned is very similar to many of the above, but has slight differences, to wit: Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, Think I’ll eat some worms Big fat juicy ones, small skinny slimy ones, Itsy bitsy fuzzy wuzzy worms First I bite the heads off, then I suck the guts out, Oh how they wiggle and squirm Big fat juicy ones, small skinny slimy ones, Itsy bitsy fuzzy wuzzy worms ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/14 "2003-02-12T22:33:17Z")
Anybody remember “The Kids in the Hall” skit where the two “nobody likes me” guys (Kevin McDonald and Dave Foley IRC) are riding on a bus and they get the group singing that song with aparent joy only to open their breifcases and begin chomping on real worms? Everyone screams with disgust and horror, panic ensues… Mr.Foley: “Well, we said we were gonna eat worms…” God I loved that show… ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/15 "2003-02-13T01:23:05Z")
_…the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play pinochle on your snout…_ ---
**Author:** ![SandWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@SandWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/16 "2003-02-13T01:55:41Z")
I’m voting for Booklover’s version… Mostly cause its the one I know. ---
**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-complete-the-worm-song/154564/17 "2003-02-13T02:28:51Z")
Ah, **drewbert,** that’s from “Never laugh when a hearse goes by,” another oldie but goodie…