# The Songs of the boobies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778 "2009-10-06T04:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/1 "2009-10-06T04:07:46Z")
I recently learned a new song about breasts. I was aware of the classic, hearing it actually said by my seventh grade classmates. We must We must We must increase our bust The bigger the better the tighter the sweater the boys are depending on us The new one I learned Do your boobs hand low do they sway to and fro can you swing them over your shoulder like a continental soldier My questions, and reason for starting a thread about boobs. (Like I need one, well two, I need two) are these: Did you know these? Do you know other verses? Do you know other songs? Do young teen girls actually say these things when boys are not around or are these the invention of men? ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/2 "2009-10-06T05:39:34Z")
The ‘continental soldier’ one is old, old, old - goes back, in one form or another, IIRC, all the way to the American Civil War. Maybe further. Add differing bodyparts at will - Knees, ears, nose, etc. ‘Boobies’ are just one more addition to the list. And yeah, I’d heard my sisters singing the other one, too. ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/3 "2009-10-06T06:25:56Z")
I learned the continental soldier one at Guides. We were taught the “ears” version, though we quickly changed it to boobs whenever the leaders weren’t around. Boys weren’t around either - just girly fun. Do your boobs hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them over your shoulder Like a continental soldier? Do your boobs hang low? Do your teeth hang out? Do they rub against your snout? Can you use them like a pick? Can you take them in and out? Do they do the boogie woogie Like they do in any movie? Do your teeth hang out? ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/4 "2009-10-06T06:45:02Z")
I remember doing " We must we must increase our bust" one as a teen at camp with my cabin back in '94. I also remember doing the parody of the " do your ears hang low?" song too. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/5 "2009-10-06T07:00:51Z")
We used to sing this song as kids: Fight for the cunt… fight for the cunt… fight for the cunt-a-ry (country) Fucking… fucking… for King and for Queen Fuck off… fuck off… for coffee and for tea Fight for the cunt… fight for the cunt… fight for the cunt-a-ry (country) None of my American friends seem to have learnt this song as kids. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/6 "2009-10-06T07:16:26Z")
I though for sure this thread was going to be about [this song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLDK-hXCmek). ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/7 "2009-10-06T09:30:17Z")
> [@xash](#): > > We used to sing this song as kids: > > Fight for the cunt… fight for the cunt… fight for the cunt-a-ry (country) > > Fucking… fucking… for King and for Queen > > Fuck off… fuck off… for coffee and for tea > > Fight for the cunt… fight for the cunt… fight for the cunt-a-ry (country) > > None of my American friends seem to have learnt this song as kids. It began with . Assole,assole,A soldier went to war .. In between With Piss,with piss, with pistols and guns .. Then ended with For the bra, for the bra , for the brandy and whisky . ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/8 "2009-10-06T12:23:16Z")
I was just thinking about the “We Must…” song the other day! We used to chant that in gym class as part of our regular calisthenics under the direction of the female gym teacher back in 1970! Except we said “improve” instead of “increase” and “the boys depend on us” Instead of “the boys are depending on us”. It scanned better that way! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/9 "2009-10-06T12:31:28Z")
People actually chanted the “We must…We Must…” thing? I always thought that was a joke. I couldn’t imagine a class of girls actually saying that without someone complaining about sexism or something. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/10 "2009-10-06T13:26:52Z")
I’d never heard the “we must…” song until it appeared on MST3K. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/11 "2009-10-06T13:32:15Z")
Laverne and Shirley had it in the 70s. Different times, my friends. Different times. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/12 "2009-10-06T13:56:56Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > People actually chanted the “We must…We Must…” thing? I always thought that was a joke. I couldn’t imagine a class of girls actually saying that without someone complaining about sexism or something. I’m sure people did eventually complain about sexism, which would be why this chant has more or less died out as a teaching tool. I would not be surprised if young girls today still knew it, but they probably aren’t learning it from gym teachers anymore. This was the case when I was a schoolgirl in the early '90s. We did the same exercise in gym class and our gym teacher even referred to it as “We Must”, as in “Okay, now 20 sets of We Must!”, but we didn’t actually sing the song. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/13 "2009-10-06T14:41:28Z")
Then there’s “Boobs A Lot” by the Fugs… ---
**Author:** ![bellybean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@bellybean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bellybean)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/14 "2009-10-06T15:15:14Z")
I learned the “we must” chant from Judy Blume. I’m pretty sure it was _Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret._ That would be in the late 70s, early 80s. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/15 "2009-10-06T15:16:56Z")
I remember reading the “We must…” chant in _Are You There God? It’s Me Margret_. I probably read it in the late 80s or early 90s (the book was published in 1970). I never heard the chant in real life, tho - not even in Girl Scouts. There was a [GQ thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=530864) on the other song, just last month, with many variations on the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/16 "2009-10-06T15:28:44Z")
After looking at that thread, and before, I wonder if the original body part was penis. (dick) That you could throw over your shoulder like a continental soldier, (if it were big, like mine) ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/17 "2009-10-06T15:34:39Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > After looking at that thread, and before, I wonder if the original body part was penis. (dick) > > That you could throw over your shoulder like a continental soldier, (if it were big, like mine) You’d better be careful not to give yourself a black eye or anything when you try throwing it over your shoulder. That would be an embarrassing injury to explain to a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/18 "2009-10-06T15:51:17Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Then there’s “Boobs A Lot” by the Fugs… [Boobs A Lot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPVgKoruWdA). ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/19 "2009-10-06T16:10:17Z")
I, too, have only seen it in _Are You There, God_. I thought Judy Blume had made it up. You mean people really sang something that silly in real life? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778/20 "2009-10-06T16:35:16Z")
A couple of verses and the refrain from “Balls to your Partner” “The village harlot she was there, she was having fits, swinging from the chandeliers and bouncing off her tits.” “Balls to your partner, ass against the wall, if you’ve never been laid on Saturday night, you’ve never been laid at all.” “The buxom hippie she was there, she was having fits, she didn’t wear her double-d bra and kept stepping on her tits.” “Balls to your partner, ass against the wall, if you’ve never been laid on Saturday night, you’ve never been laid at all.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-songs-of-the-boobies/512778.md?page=2)