# The SDMB Sing-Along **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 20, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367 "2024-01-20T05:23:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/1 "2024-01-20T05:23:26Z")
Fish and chips and vinegar Vinegar, vinegar Fish and chips and vinegar Pepper, pepper, pepper, salt. Don’t throw your junk in my backyard My backyard, my backyard Don’t throw your junk in my backyard My backyard’s full. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/2 "2024-01-20T06:56:28Z")
Where’s my Angel fallen? Down at river bottom. And will she get away? Where’s my Black foot blossom? Is she just playing possum? To live another day. Catfish Kate. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/3 "2024-01-20T07:10:47Z")
Her eyes they shone like diamonds I thought her the queen of the land And her hair hung over her shoulders Tied up with a black velvet band. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/4 "2024-01-20T08:24:48Z")
Sing with me, I’ll sing with you, and So we will sing together So we will sing together So we will sing together Sing with me, I’ll sing with you and so we will sing together As we march along. We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria, Pretoria We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria, Hoorah! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/5 "2024-01-20T11:22:21Z")
Altogether now… Oh! Ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong iddle I po Ying tong, ying tong, ying tong iddle I po, iddle I po ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/6 "2024-01-20T12:33:41Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > And her hair hung over her shoulders She had long black curly hair all down her back. I just wished it was on her head. –Champion Jack Dupree. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/7 "2024-01-20T13:32:36Z")
But I work in his factory And I curse the life I’m living And I curse my poverty And I wish that I could be Oh, I wish that I could be Oh, I wish that I could be — John Denver ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/8 "2024-01-20T13:36:15Z")
Three coins in a fountain, Each one seeking happiness, Thrown by three hopeful lovers… No? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/9 "2024-01-20T13:47:22Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Fish and chips and vinegar > Vinegar, vinegar > Fish and chips and vinegar > Pepper, pepper, pepper, salt. > > Don’t throw your junk in my backyard > My backyard, my backyard > Don’t throw your junk in my backyard > My backyard’s full. Variant - Don’t put your muck in my dustpan, My dustpan, my dustpan. Don’t put your muck in my dustpan, My dustpan’s full. With a third round: One bottle pop, two bottle pop, Three bottle pop, four bottle pop, Five bottle pop, six bottle pop, Seven, seven bottle pop. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/10 "2024-01-20T15:25:46Z")
Moved the Thread Games, and tagged for music. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/11 "2024-01-20T15:31:49Z")
I learned this: > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Fish and chips and vinegar > Vinegar, vinegar > Fish and chips and vinegar > Pepper, pepper, pepper, salt. > > Don’t throw your junk in my backyard > My backyard, my backyard > Don’t throw your junk in my backyard > My backyard’s full. With this: > [@Yllaria](#): > > With a third round: > One bottle pop, two bottle pop, > Three bottle pop, four bottle pop, > Five bottle pop, six bottle pop, > Seven, seven bottle pop. Is “I’ve Been Workin’ On The Railroad” considered politically incorrect these days? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/12 "2024-01-20T16:20:47Z")
99 bottles of beer on the wall… Etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/13 "2024-01-20T16:35:43Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Oh! > Ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong iddle I po > Ying tong, ying tong, ying tong iddle I po, iddle I po There is a song, a song I know, my mother sang to me… She sang it when she tucked me in, when I was 93… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/14 "2024-01-20T17:55:28Z")
There ain’t no place like a hole in the ground A hole in the ground, a hole in the ground There ain’t no place like a hole in the ground With a big, fat goon a-floatin’ around. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/15 "2024-01-20T18:24:33Z")
(Well, just how lascivious is Dinah these days?) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/16 "2024-01-20T18:55:38Z")
They say that in the army The coffee’s mighty fine It looks like muddy water And it tastes like turpentine ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/17 "2024-01-20T19:35:32Z")
From when I was in basic training. There were other verses as well. _They took away my boyfriend and they made me sleep alone_ _They took away my boyfriend and they made me sleep alone_ _They took away my boyfriend and they made me sleep alone_ _When they tried to make a WAC out of me._ _They took away my beer can and they gave me a canteen…_ _They took away freedom and they made me wear a bra…_ ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/18 "2024-01-20T22:05:27Z")
My grandpa had a slightly different version. This is part of what’s available online. I live over the wiaduct, down by the winegar woiks. It’s easy to find me; the street’s full of shacks; I live in the one that is right on the tracks. Ev’ry night we go dancing down at O’Reilly’s or Boiks. We chains all the childrens to fences and logs We do it to keep ‘em from bitin’ the dogs. Say, I live over the wiaduct, down by the winegar woiks. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/19 "2024-01-20T22:07:34Z")
My grandfather’s clock was too tall for the shelf So it stood ninety years on the floor It was taller by half than the old man himself Though it weighed not a pennyweight more ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/20 "2024-01-20T22:14:12Z")
(I still have a Fisher Price toy I was given 60-odd years ago; it plays the chorus of that song, while tick-tocking merrily away. It’s made of WOOD 😳 and except for a few rubbed off spots, it’s in excellent condition.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367.md?page=2)