Little bit off the top, A (parody)

AKA When I was eight years old
First Published 1980
Writer/composer unknown Roud RN10647 

When I was eight days old, my boys,
Hurrah, Hurrah,
When I was eight days old, my boys,
Hurrah, Hurrah,
The rabbi came with a big sharp knife,
And I surely thought he would take my life,
But all he took was a little bit off the top.

Oh, that is what they call a bris,
Hurrah, Hurrah,
Oh, that is what they call a bris,
Hurrah, Hurrah,
And if the rabbi doesn't miss,
It makes for a more interesting piss,
But all he took was a little bit off the top.

The rabbi, he is called a moyl,
Hurrah, Hurrah,
The rabbi, he is called a moyl,
Hurrah, Hurrah,
And over me he sure did toil,
If he'd cut off more, I'd have been a goil,
But all he took was a little bit off the top.

Oh, circumcision is all right,
Hurrah, Hurrah,
Oh, circumcision is all right,
Hurrah, Hurrah,
But every morning and every night,
You aim to the left, and pee to the right,
But all he took was a little bit off the top.

A parody of the Music Hall song of the same name, discussed here. It was published in Jerry Silverman’s The Dirty Song Book. 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 . It may well have featured in college fraternity singing in the USA.

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