{"id":10748,"date":"2021-05-19T13:01:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T13:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=10748"},"modified":"2021-05-19T13:19:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T13:19:11","slug":"a-little-bit-off-the-top-parody","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/a-little-bit-off-the-top-parody\/","title":{"rendered":"Little bit off the top, A (parody)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>When I was eight years old<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1980<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>unknown<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN10647<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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When I was eight days old, my boys,\nHurrah, Hurrah,\nWhen I was eight days old, my boys,\nHurrah, Hurrah,\nThe rabbi came with a big sharp knife,\nAnd I surely thought he would take my life,\nBut all he took was a little bit off the top.\n\nOh, that is what they call a bris,\nHurrah, Hurrah,\nOh, that is what they call a bris,\nHurrah, Hurrah,\nAnd if the rabbi doesn't miss,\nIt makes for a more interesting piss,\nBut all he took was a little bit off the top.\n\nThe rabbi, he is called a moyl,\nHurrah, Hurrah,\nThe rabbi, he is called a moyl,\nHurrah, Hurrah,\nAnd over me he sure did toil,\nIf he'd cut off more, I'd have been a goil,\nBut all he took was a little bit off the top.\n\nOh, circumcision is all right,\nHurrah, Hurrah,\nOh, circumcision is all right,\nHurrah, Hurrah,\nBut every morning and every night,\nYou aim to the left, and pee to the right,\nBut all he took was a little bit off the top.\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A parody of the Music Hall song of the same name, discussed here<\/a>. It was published in Jerry Silverman’s The Dirty Song Book. <\/em>Like the chorus of the Music Hall song of the same name, the tune is the one most commonly known as  When Johnny comes marching home <\/em>. It may well have featured in college fraternity singing in the USA.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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