- Parodies of My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
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There are numerous parodies of "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean". It is a common campfire song and traditional song and has long been popular among children. Many sources treat this song, like most songs in its genre as good childhood fun. It has, in fact, been included on official lists of Boy Scout campfire songs.[1]
Various versions and verses
Like many songs of its genre, this song has several different versions and verses. The best known include:
My Bonnie has tuberculosis...
- My Bonnie has tuberculosis,
- my Bonnie has only one lung,
- My Bonnie can cough up raw oysters,
- and roll them around on her tongue.
Variant
- My Bonnie has Tuberculosis
- My Bonnie has one rotten lung,
- My Bonnie spits blood in a bowl,
- And dries it and chews it for gum.
Variant
- My Bonnie has Tuberculosis.
- My Bonnie has only one lung.
- She spits up the blood in her hankie,
- And dries it and chews it for gum.
- Dentine, Dentine,
- The best nickel gum you can buy
- My Brother he chewed and now that he's chewed it
- He's blind and he's missing one eye.
My Bonnie eats oysters...
- My Bonnie eats oysters for breakfast,
- My Bonnie eats oysters for tea;
- What did she eat for supper?
- Just look out the window and see.
My Bonnie's complexion was makeup...
- My Bonnie's complexion was makeup,
- her face, it was beauteous to see;
- Until she got caught in a rainstorm,
- Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
Last night as I lay on my pillow [1]...
- Last night as I lay on my pillow,
- last night as I lay on my bed,
- I stuck my feet out of the window,
- next morning my neighbors were dead.
Last night as I lay on my pillow [2]...
- Last night as I lay on my pillow,
- A gas main blew out under me;
- I heard a terrific explosion,
- And landed outside in a tree.
Last night as I lay on my pillow [3]...
- Last night as I lay on my pillow,
- Last night as I lay all alone,
- I dreamt that I ate a marshmallow;
- Next morning, my pillow was gone.
Last Night I Programmed My Computer...
- Last night I programmed my computer;
- A thunderstorm started outside;
- A lightning bolt hit the main cable;
- Now all of my floppies are fried!
- Bring back, bring back, oh, bring back my software to me, to me...
My Bonnie leaned over the gas tank...
- My Bonnie leaned over the gas tank,
- the height of its contents to see;
- She lighted a match to assist her,
- Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
My breakfast lies over the ocean...
- My breakfast lies over the ocean
- My dinner lies over the sea,
- My stomach is in a commotion,
- Don't mention my supper to me.
- CHORUS
- Bring back, bring back,
- Oh bring back my bucket to me, to me . . .
- I really felt rotten this morning,
- They tell me I really looked pale,
- My stomach gave adequate warning,
- To lean far out over the rail.
- The sound of a stomach in motion,
- A murmuring noise inside me,
- I looked down and there on the water,
- Was breakfast and dinner and tea.
My Brother lies over the Ocean
- My brother lies over the ocean,
- My sister lies over the sea,
- My father lies over my mother
- And that's how they got little me.
- Chorus
- Bring back, Bring back,
- Oh, bring back my mummy to me, to me
- Bring back, Bring back,
- Oh, bring back my mummy to me.
My One-skin lies over my Two-skin
- My One-skin lies over my Two-skin,
- My two-skin lies over my three,
- My three-skin lies over my foreskin,
- So pull back my foreskin for me.
- Chorus
- Pull back, Pull back,
- oh, pull back my foreskin for me, for me
- Pull back, Pull back,
- oh, pull back my foreskin for me
My Stomach Is In a Commotion...
- My stomach is in a commotion,
- My head's hanging over the rail;
- I don't want to dirty the ocean,
- So someone please bring me a pail!
- CHORUS
- Come up, come up,
- Oh come up, my dinner, come up, come up ...
Ma Bunny Lice Soda Devotion
- Ma bunny lice soda devotion!
- May booney life saver D.C.!
- McBoniface rover commotion
- Oh, brickbat Mahoney Toomey!
– Walt Kelly
My Granny went down to the cellar
- My Granny went down to the cellar
- To see where the gas leak could be
- She lit up a match to see better
- Oh bring back my Granny to me
- My Granddad went down to the cellar
- To see where my Granny could be
- He lit up a match to see better
- Oh bring back my Granddad to me
repeat with other members of the family until
- I went down myself to the cellar
- To see where the others could be
- I switched on a torch to see better
- And oh what a mess I could see
My Grandpa sells condoms to sailors
Neil Gaiman features a slightly ruder version of this song in the novella, The Monarch of the Glen, first published in Legends II, then later in Fragile Things.
- My Grandpa sells condoms to sailors
- He punctures the tips with a pin
- My grandma does back-street abortions
- My God how the money rolls in.
- CHORUS
- Rolls in, rolls in,
- My God how the money rolls in.
- My Brother's a missionary worker,
- He saves fallen women from sin
- For five bucks he'll save you a redhead,
- My God how the money rolls in.
My Bonnie Lies
- My Bonnie lies over the ocean
- My Bonnie lies over the sea
- But when she lies over the ocean
- She isn't here lying to me!
Oh, How The Money Rolls In
This version was recorded by The Brothers-In-Law, and is featured on their debut album Oh! Oh! Canada.
- My family's well known in the capital
- We prospered through thick and through thin
- 'Cause we're in with the people that matter
- And oh how the money rolls in
- CHORUS
- Rolls in, rolls in
- And oh how the money rolls in (rolls in)
- Rolls in, rolls in
- And oh how the money rolls in
Variant
- So if you are in some kind of trouble
- And the coppers have taken you in
- He'll fix up your bail in a jiffy
- Just as long as the money rolls in
- CHORUS
- Rolls in, rolls in
- As long as the money rolls in (rolls in)
- Rolls in, rolls in
- As long as the money rolls in
Variant
- Oh, Mother is taking in laundry
- And Father, he makes bathtub gin
- Sister has gentlemen callers
- My god, how the money rolls in
My Body Lies Over the Ocean
My body lies over the ocean
my body lies over the sea
I'm no good at astral projection
so bring back my body to me
My Blitzy lies over the ocean
My Blitzy lies over the ocean
My Blitzy lies over the sea
My Blitzy lies over the ocean
So bring back my blitzy....Ok Stop.....Fine finish it.....To me
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