# ID this song dad used to sing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-dad-used-to-sing/418614 "2007-09-09T22:22:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-dad-used-to-sing/418614/1 "2007-09-09T22:22:47Z")
_Oh, hell! Oh, hell! Oh, Helen you are fine You simp! You simp! You simply are devine! You’re nuts! You’re nuts! You’re not so much, it’s true. But damn! Oh, damn! Oh, damsel I love you!_ ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-dad-used-to-sing/418614/2 "2007-09-09T22:47:52Z")
I’ve never heard it, but evidently it’s from 1918 and is called “Oh Helen.” [Scroll down a bit, past the first set of lyrics.](http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/media/songs.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-dad-used-to-sing/418614/3 "2007-09-09T23:55:44Z")
Your dad used to drink. Much like the “Pancake Dance” that my wife’s dad is now famous for, it is merely a side-effect of “the drink”. He admitted it to me at our wedding. He was hung-over and slipped or staggered while making breakfast, but the kiddies saw it for something so much more, and thus it passes into family lore. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-dad-used-to-sing/418614/4 "2007-09-10T01:49:29Z")
That song or something similar features in an episode of South Park. The girl (Stan?'s love interest) sings it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-dad-used-to-sing/418614/5 "2007-09-10T02:00:24Z")
[QUOTE=Gatopescado] Your dad used to drink. [/QUOTE] Actually, he didn’t. (He used to trade his combat ration of sauce to the ship’s cook in exchange for steak and eggs for breakfast every morning.) He was, however, a very wacky guy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-dad-used-to-sing/418614/6 "2007-09-10T02:43:15Z")
I heard a similar one in High School. A bit bawdy… Fuck You! Fuck You! For Cur-ios-ity. To Piss. To Piss. Two Pistols by my knee Asshole, Asshole. A Soldier I will be. To fight for the queen’s cunt, fight for the queen’s cunt, Fight for the queen’s country. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-dad-used-to-sing/418614/7 "2007-09-10T07:05:15Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] He used to trade his combat ration of sauce to the ship’s cook in exchange for steak and eggs for breakfast every morning… [/QUOTE] Thats what he tells you! 😉 And thats what I’m telling MY kid! 😃 Except I’ve never been to sea, at least not on a military ship. Sure I’ve been on Cruises, sat at the Captain’s table, played suffleboared with the the Chief Purser for the Keys and all… What was this about? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-dad-used-to-sing/418614/8 "2007-09-10T15:25:20Z")
[QUOTE=Gatopescado] And thats what I’m telling MY kid! 😃 Except I’ve never been to sea, at least not on a military ship. Sure I’ve been on Cruises, sat at the Captain’s table, played suffleboared with the the Chief Purser for the Keys and all… What was this about? [/QUOTE] Dad was combat aircrew during Korea. After the missions the crews were given an ‘airline bottle’ of hooch. Dad didn’t drink, but the cook did.