4TH QUARTER MENTALITY, Jan 31, 2016
Omega Kappa, Lambda Alpha, Gamma Gamma, & Upsilon
Rho....
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's "Old Mother Hubbard" chant.
This post presents some video examples and some word only examples of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's "Old Mother Hubbard" chant. This post also presents what I consider to be
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/02/george-clintonparliament-funkadelic-may.html for Part I of this pancocojam series. That post presents information about what I believe is the probable source for Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's parody of the "Old Mother Hubbard" Nursery rhyme
WARNING - These pancocojams posts on parodies of "Old Mother Hubbard" rhymes aren't suitable for children.
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Thanks to all those who created these "Old Mother Hubbard" parodies and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/03/examples-of-historically-black_53.html for Part 5 of a seven part pancocojams series of examples of historically Black fraternity and sorority chants and songs that begin with O-R.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S STATEMENT
I believe that historically Black Greek letter fraternity and sorority chants and songs are part of African American culture. As such. examples of these chants and songs should be collected, documented, and studied.
However, in adherence with the guidelines of historically Black Greek letter fraternities and sororities, these songs and chants should only be performed by people who are associated with the specific organizations where these chants and songs come from.
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WHY DO QUES PERFORM THEIR "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD" CHANT?
[Additions and corrections are welcome. Thanks!]
"Dogs" are one of the unofficial motifs of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. However, it's important to emphasis that this organization turns around the negative cultural images of dogs (and men as dogs) by emphasizing what they consider to be the positive nature of promiscuity. Particularly in the undergraduate chapters of that fraternity, members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity call themselves "dogs" (also spelled "dawgs") and also flips the negative meaning of the saying "All men are dogs" and the negative meaning of the word "nasty" into something positive.
As such, members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity call themselves "nasty dogs" who like chasing cats (.i.e. pussy). This "nasty dog" image reinforces the profile of this fraternity's members as being virile men who are physically attractive in both senses of that description (i.e. they have good muscular physical bodies and women find them physically attractive. Furthermore, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity "dog" motif means they they are good at having sex with women.
George Clinton's 1982 Funk song "Atomic Dog" was so readily accepted as Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's unofficial anthem because its lyrics fit that organization's motifs so well:
Funky dogs, nasty dogs (Dog)
(Atomic dog, atomic dog)
[...].
Why must I feel like that?
Why must I chase the cat?
Nothing but the dog in me.
Nothing but the dog in me"...
https://genius.com/George-clinton-atomic-dog-lyrics
My guess is that members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. (also known as "Omegas", "Ques", and the "Bruhs") perform their chant "Old Mother Hubbard" for fun (to entertain themselves) and to express praise for and reinforce what that fraternity considers to be the positive image of themselves as "dogs". n. The Ques' Old Mother Hubbard chant with her dog "having a bone of its own" fits these motifs.
Part I of this pancocojams series https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/02/george-clintonparliament-funkadelic-may.html indicates that George Clinton/Parliament-Funkadelic also probably is the source for the nasty parody of the "Old Mother Hubbard" nursery rhyme and in 2020 George Clinton was inducted as an honorary member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
The earliest example that I've found thus far for the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity "Old Mother Hubbard" chant is 2012 (
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For the folkloric record, I'm interested in documenting the earliest date that any chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity performed their "Old Mother Hubbard" chant and the name of that chapter. Please share that information along with lyrics for that chant in the discussion thread for this post. Thanks.
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OTHER YOUTUBE VIDEO AND A YOUTUBE SOUND FILE OF OMEGA PSI PHI'S "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD CHANT"
SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 -"This Is Alpha Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity"
-JonyMatt, Feb 13, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMereD1542I [4:33-5:30 in that song file & photo collage-
OH MOTHER HUBBARD
caller-Hey Ques
group -Yeah
caller -Hey Ques
group -Yeah
caller -I say Ques
group- Yeah
caller -You nasty dogs
group -Yeah)
(all chant together)
I saida
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To fetch her Que dog a bone.
But when she bent over,
Rover took over,
'Cause he had a bone of his own.
He was a nasty nasty
Que dog
He was a nasty nasty
Que dog
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 -Hey Ques [sound file]
Eddison Arnold, May 21, 2020
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4-Omega Psi Phi Wedding Dance —Nothing but the DAWG in ME!
Chip Dizard Studios, Dec 13, 2016
http://chipdizardweddings.com/lit Omega Psi Phi Wedding Hops. Filmed and edited
by Chip Dizard of Chip Dizard Weddings
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George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" begins at about .35 in this video.
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ANOTHER (WORD ONLY) OMEGA PSI PHI EXAMPLE OF "OLD MOTHER HUBBARD"
From https://www.horntip.com/mp3/2000s/2001ca_black_greek_soundz_songs_and_chants_(CDs)/2000_omega_psi_phi_fraternity/03_hey_que.htm *
"Soloist -"Hey Que!
Soloist- Hey Ques
Group Yeah
Soloist Hey Quess
Soloist Hey kaQues
Group Yeah
Soloist You nasty dogs
Group Yeah
Entire Group I saidah oh Mother Hubbard
She went to her cupboard
to get her Que dog a bone
Alright Alright Alright
But when she tipped o-ver [?]
The rover he tipped o-ver [?]
And gave her a bone of his own [begin more pronounced step
movement]
He was a nasty nasty nasty
Ah Que DOG
He was a nasty nasty nasty
Ah Que DOG
Soloist Aiight Ques [“Aiight” means “Alright”]
Group Yeah
Soloist Hey Ques
Group Yeah
Soloist Yah dirty dogs
Group Yeah
Entire Group I saidah OOOOO OO MEGA
OOOOO OO MEGA
Soloist My brothers say
Entire Group Oof Oof [“Oof” representing Omega signature
call dog barks]
Entire Group OOOOO OO MEGA
OOOOO OO MEGA
Soloist My brothers say
Entire Group Oof Oof
Soloist- Hey Ques
Group Yeah
Soloist Hey Quess
Soloist Hey kaQues
Group Yeah
Soloist You dirty dogs
Group Yeah
Entire Group Say 1-2345
Party hard we’re Q PSI Phi
Say 6-78910
Back it up and let’s do it again
Say 3- 9876
All the Ques got big ole
WHOOOOS!
5-4321
Omega party has just begun
A number of members WOOF [another signature Que bark]
Entire Group My brothers
A number of members WOOF WOOF
Entire Group Bow wow Bow wow
A number of members WOOF [another signature Que bark]
Entire Group My brothers
A number of members WOOF WOOF
Entire Group Bow wow Bow wow
Transcription Note: This structure and beginning words
reminds me a little of the children’s foot stomping cheerleader cheer “Get
Down” which starts “Hey (girl’s name) Girl answers “Yeah” Group responds Show
me how you get down. Girl responds “No Way”. Group repeats “Hey (same girl’s
name) Girl answers “Yeah” Group says “Show me how you get down”. Girl says
“Okay” and the chants moves to the second part just as the Q chant does.
Also, the “1,2,3,4,5” part of the “Hey Que” chant is
definitely the same as the children’s foot stomping cheerleader cheer
“1,2,3,4,5” I wonder which came first?"
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Pancocojams Editor's Note (Azizi Powell, written Feb. 23, 2026)
I remember communicating with Jack Horntip on Mudcat folk music discussion thread in the early 2000s . I believe he got this
information comparing this section of the Ques "Old Mother Hubbard" chant with versions of foot stomping cheer from me.
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*From AI Overview (February 23, 2026)
"The Jack Horntip Collection is a specialized archive of
over 1,500 field recordings (approximately 80GB) compiled between 2004 and
2008, focusing on folk music, bawdy songs, and social folklore. It includes
drinking songs, military, rugby, and fraternity/sorority songs, alongside
children's rhymes.
Key features of the collection include:
Content Focus: The collection is heavily oriented towards
traditional, often explicit or "unprintable" folklore, including
rugby songs, football chants, and, more broadly, military and drinking songs."...
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