"On A Mountain Stands A Lady" (Part II- A Facebook Post About A 2012 Isle Of Man Version With Multiple Comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision - May 9, 2026

This is the Part II of a four part pancocojams series about the children's singing game and skipping (jump rope) rhyme entitled "On The Mountain stands A Lady" (or similar titles).

This post presents a 2025 Facebook post about a 2012 Isle of Man sound file by Violet Corlett of "On The Mountain Stands A Lady". Some comments from that post's discussion thread are also included in this pancocojams post. These comments include memories of that skipping rhyme mostly from the 1940s - 1970s with one commenter sharing her memory of singing this rhyme while skipping rope in the 1980s. 

The Addendum to this post provides a general list of the locations that the selected commenters gave for where they lived when they sang this rhyme.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-history-of-on-mountain-stands-lady.html  for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents an excerpt about this singing game and rhyme from two bluegrassmessanger.com website. The second website indicates that the earliest documented example of "On The Mountain stands A Lady" is from 1846 with some sources for that song dating from 18th century Britain. 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/05/on-mountain-stands-lady-jump-rope-rhyme.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. Part A of that post showcases a YouTube video example and some text (word only) examples of "On A Mountain Stands A Lady" recreational rhymes from various online sources. 

Part B of that post showcases a YouTube video example of "There Stands A Lady On A Mountain" circle game and the lyrics for that example. 

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/05/examples-of-on-mountain-stands-lady.html for Part IV of this pancocojams series. That post presents additional online examples and comments about the children's singing game and skipping rope (jump rope) rhyme entitled "On The Mountain Stands A Lady" (or similar titles).from a discussion thread on Mudcat folk music forum. 

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, historical, socio-cultural, and recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Violet Corlett, the singer of this 2012 example of "On A Mountain Stands A Lady" whose recording is showcased in this Facebook post. Thanks also to culturevannin for publishing that showcased sound file of Isle of Man example of "On A Mountain Stands A Lady". Thanks also to all the commenters who shared their memories of "On A Mountain Stands A Lady" in that Facebook post's discussion thread.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
This post departs from this pancocojams blog's mission of showcasing the music, dances, language practices, & customs of African Americans and of other people of Black descent throughout the world.

While some singing games and recreational rhymes that are showcased on pancocojams have been documented to come from Black Americans or from other Black people, most if not all of the examples of "On A Mountain Stands A Lady" probably weren't composed by Black people and may have rarely been chanted by Black people, at least in the United States.

These examples of and information about "On A Mountain Stands A Lady" are showcased on pancocojams because I like these genres of folk culture. Also, I like learning about the history of songs and rhymes and discovering how some elements of old songs and rhymes are retained in "new" songs and rhymes.

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FACEBOOK POST ABOUT "ON A MOUNTAIN STANDS A LADY"
From https://www.facebook.com/culturevannin/videos/on-a-mountain-stands-a-lady/810912307976280/

Culture Vannin, October 6, 2025
"A skipping rhyme sung in Douglas in the 1930s.

This is from a wonderful recording of Violet Corlett in 2012 which has just been released online.

The c.20-minute recording is of rhymes, songs and skipping songs she remembered from her childhood, along with a large number of her own wonderful limericks.

It is, surely, one of the most joyful recordings you will hear today!

[...]

We found this amongst some old files here (along with the appropriate permission forms), and we are delighted to be able to share it online for the first time.

We do not have the contact for the family to let them know that it is available, but we hope that someone will be able to tag them here or otherwise contact them.

The image is one of Mrs Corlett's own photographs: 'Group of Cronkbourne Village children outside one of the houses in Cronkbourne Village, Braddan. Date unknown.'

[…]

Lyrics:

On the mountain stands a lady
Who she is I do not know
All she wants is silver and gold
All she wants is a nice young man
So fall in and follow me
Follow me, follow me
So fall in and follow me
[repeats song from the beginning]
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Pancocojams Editor's note:
This Facebook page includes a .23 second sound file of this skipping song.
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man
"The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin [ˈmanɪnʲ], also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]), or simply Mann (/mæn/ man),[12] is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. As head of state, Charles III holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Governor. The government of the United Kingdom is responsible for the Isle of Man's military defence and represents it abroad, but the Isle of Man still has a separate international identity.[13]"
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Douglas is the capital of the Isles of Man and Cronkbourne Village is located on the Isle of Man, 

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR THIS FACEBOOK POST

Pancocojams Editor's Notes:
As of May 3, 2026 there were 328 comments in the discussion thread for this 2025 facebook post. All of the comments are from October 2025.

These selected comments are numbered for referencing purposes only.  

These comments are given without explanations except for the following information:

- The Live Birds https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063924/ 
"[British] Television Series; Comedy 1969-1996

The lives and loves of Beryl Hennessey and Sandra Hutchinson, two young, single women sharing a flat in Liverpool."

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-Frankenstein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein%27s_monster
"Frankenstein's monster, commonly referred to as Frankenstein,[a] is a fictional character that first appeared in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus as its main antagonist. Shelley's title compares the monster's creator, Victor Frankenstein, who later became the monster's namesake, to the mythological character Prometheus, who fashioned humans out of clay and gave them fire."...

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-Pansy Potter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansy_Potter
"Pansy Potter is a British comic strip character from the magazine The Beano. She first appeared in -Pansy Potter the Strong Man's Daughter issue 21 in 1938, and was first illustrated by Hugh McNeill."...

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1. Eunice Hurst
"Sang this playing rope two turned the others waited in line you jumped and sang the called in a friend to join you jumping whe rhyme started again you left her to. Choose the next one to join in

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2. Alma Lewis
"I remember singing this in the 1940s . On a Sunday afternoon , dads and mums would join the children in the middle of the road( no cars in those days) and the dads would take turns of turning the clothesline skipping rope while the mums joined the children in skipping"

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3. Judy James
"We sang on the hilltop stands a lady etc. It was for calling someone in to skip with you. And ended up : so come in my (name) dear. I love you." 

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4. Bryn Jones
"Sang it in Liverpool in the 1950's."

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5. Anne Shields
"We used to play that also the tune was the theme from the liverbirds"

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6. Elsa Nutt
"Haven’t heard that for decades in Orkney in the 1950’s and in Dundee in the early 1970’s in my first teaching job."

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7. Maggie Worsfold
"We sang this in my primary school in Hammersmith West London in the late 50 's. We would call in girls by name until the long skipping rope was full. What a shame all the playground games we played have gone, mostly because of Health and Safety"

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8. Polly Bryan
"This was the theme tune to the Liver Birds, a sitcom from the 60s, starring Nerys Hughes and Polly? later Elizabet Estenson. It was a well known skipping song in the 50s and 60s. We used to skip to it in York in the 60s."

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9. Barbara Haynes
"And in the 50s London playgrounds too."

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10. Lindsay Simmons
"Sang this in Cheshire in the 60's"

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11. Winifred Fisher
"I sang this along with so many songs we sang as we played go back to the early 50s I am now 87 and can recall so many."

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12. Sara Bottomley
"We skipped to this in the 1970s in Kent!"

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13. Sybil Patterson
"I sang this while skipping in the 1940s great memories x🤣🤣🤣"

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14. Lelly Sue Hirst
"In Liverpool the first half was the same but we used to sing 'So call in my (name) dear..... while I go out to play'. The skipper would jump out and the called person would jump out."

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15. Ann Elizabeth Bowen
"Not just in Douglas. I remember singing this in the 1950s in Dudley, west Midlands (then Worcestershire). After 'All she wants is a nice young man' the rope speeded up and everyone shouted the names of boys. The name shouted as you caught the rope on your feet was supposed to be the one you'd end up marrying!"

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16. Bernadette Derry
"Pauline RaffertyI wonder where it originated. It is/was the same song with very minor differences sung all over the place. A “top ten hit “ "

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17. Myfanwy Evans
"Bernadette Derry I wonder if the “evacuation” system during the war helped spread the songs and games?"

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18. Bernadette Derry
"Quite likely I would think. I’d never thought of that."

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19. Diane Waugh
"'On a mountain stands a castle, and it's owner Frankenstein.

And his daughter Suzy Potter, she's my own true valentine'

Sung at school in south West Scotland, can't remember what the rest we had was"

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20. Jessie Ronald
"Diane Waugh We used to sing on a mountain stands a castle,and the owner Frankenstein.And his daughter Pansy Potter, she's my only Valentine. So I call in ( use a friend's name who is next in line to jump in with the skipping ropes like Mary dear Mary dear so I call Mary Dear as I go out to play. You then jump out and she jumps in and takes your place."

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21. Helen Cutler
'"We sang this in South Wales as a skipping rhyme. Different ending , but can't remember it."

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22. Cheryl Trowbridge Sharpe
"I remember singing that while skipping. Slightly different ending - instead of follow me we sang ' so call in my (name) dear' and another girl would join you in the rope. Another one was vote, vote, vote because of (name), call in (someone else) at the you in the rope. Another one was vote, vote, vote because of (name), call in (someone else) at the door, for, (someone else) is the lady who is going to have a baby and we won't vote for (name) any more, shut the door."

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23. Ceinwen Howells
"We sang this is South Wales back in 1950 skipping in the street with friends On a mountain stood a lady who she is I don't know, I will court her for her beauty, she will answer yes or no, Oh no Sir No Sir No, not thought of this over 70 years ago, just like yesterday happy times"

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24. Mary Holland
"We sang it on the streets of Glasgow early 1960's"

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25. Margaret Macdonald
""Sang this in the Scottish Borders in 40s/50s!!"

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26. Lynda Haynes
"And in Southampton 50's and early 60s in junior school. We did it with long rope 2 people holding it. Someone had to jump in with you, do the verse and then you would jump out and that person would carry on. Just like a round."

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27. Lorraine Pannett
"On the hill there stands a lady/Who she is I do not know/ I will court her for her beauty/ She must answer yes or no.’ This is the version I remember from the Birmingham suburbs in the 1950s"

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28. Pearl Watson
"On the mountain stands a castle

And the owner Frankenstein

And his daughter Pansy Potter

Is my only valentine

Wonder who told me this was the words when I was wee 😂😂😂"

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29. Myfanwy Evans
"Pearl Watson somone else sent in those words further up this thread"

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30. Gail Sinclair
"Sang this in the playground of my Canadian school in the 50s/60s."

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31. Patricia Meakin
"We sang this, as a skipping song..one skipping..at the end part.. 'So Call in my very best friend, my very best friend, do call I'm my very best friend..(name)..while I go out and play.(jump out of the rope)."

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32.  Paula Meadows
"I remember this from my childhood but the ending was slightly different it was - and I will be your leader x"

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33. Kate Michelle
"Also sung in Liverpool/Wiral at least as early as the 70s ! Theme tune to The Liver Birds series, same era 😀"

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34. Valerie Haslett
"I’m 81….this was sung in Preston too"

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35. Jac Kay
"Think we sang ‘on a mountain stands a castle’"

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36. Lesley Bailey
"All she wants is a nice young beau". Young man doesn't rhyme."

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37. Mairead Kerwin
"remembers some of our skipping rhymes but ours all had 'how many ... did she get or have or the like and we skipped very quickly to boast about how many skips we could do. 😅"

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38.Carol Porch Matthews
"I sang that when skipping with a rope your friend would try to join you as you skipped not all could do it l lived in Cardiff"

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39. Collette O'Hanlon
"We sang similar to this in Belfast, Ireland, same tune 🎶" 

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40.  Anne Quigley
"Early 1960, County Wexford, Ireland"

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41. Lynn James
"And the 70s, we were still singing it"

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42.  Jenni B-l
"We sang this in Hampshire in the 1980s"

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41. Christine O'Toole Jackson
"Manchester,

Ends ‘Oh, no John, no John, no John no…’"

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42. Kate Butterworth
"Yes - it's a Manxified version of the old English folk song "Oh, no John" (the first line of which is "On yonder hill there stands a creature/maiden...")"

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43. Susan Mileson
"🎼 This is So Lovely, and Was Also a Popular Ditty in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sang by Legions of Geordie Kids from around the 50's, Wonderful History! 👏"

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44. Lynne Karran
"Good memories, skipped to this in Chemainus, B.C."

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45. Kathy Taylor
"We sang this at Onchan Primary in the late 60’s early 70’s. The melody is the same as the theme tune to the “Liver Birds” TV series.

https://youtu.be/5VFYuOJJdjE?si=yscrGgomgjSX4rtq "

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46. Anne K Kennedy Truscott
"A version of this skipping rhyme was sung in Newcastlewest in Co.Limerick in the 1950’s when I was a child. “There is a lady from the mountain. Who is she I cannot tell. All she wants is gold and silver and a nice young man as well. So hop in and follow me, etc., etc.”

❤️❤️☘️"

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47. Judith Sharrock
"Sung in Liverpool"

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48. Margaret Gahan
"Judith Sharrock

So call in my very best friend, very best friend, very best friend,

So call in my very best friend while I go out to play.

So you would exit from skipping and next kid jumps in

Liverpool late 50’s early 60’s🥰"

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49. Carol Coils
"We sang this while skipping in 1970 Durham xxx"

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50. Barbara Craig
"We played this in Glasgow in the 1960,s Instead of “Fall in and follow me…. “ we sang. “So I call in Maggie dear,( or whoever’s name you chose from the ring.)"

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ADDENDUM- LOCATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN FOR THIS RHYME/SONG IN THIS COMPILATION OF 2025 FACEBOOK COMMENTS
Commenters indicated that they remember "On A Mountain Stands A Lady" (or other similar titles) from their childhood in these locations:
(given in no particular order)
-Isle of Man
-England
-Ireland
-Scotland
-Wales
-Canada
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Please add any nation that is given in this compilation that I failed to include in this list. Thanks!
 
I'm curious if anyone from the United States remembers singing "On A Mountain Stands A Lady" while jumping rope or otherwise. (I don't remember it and I haven't found any examples of it in my direct collection during the late 1980s -2009 among Black girls in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, since I started "research" for this pancocojams series, I have found some examples online that may be from the USA. Those examples are part of the third post of this pancocojams series.)

Please share if you remember "On A Mountain Stands A Lady". Remember to include where (what location) and when (year or date). Information about whether this was a skipping (jump rope rhyme) or another type of children's recreational rhyme or singing game will be helpful for the folkloric record. Thanks in advance!    

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This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.

Examples Of Children's Recreational Rhymes That Include The Name "Frankenstein" (Titles: M-Z)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part III of a three part pancocojams post series about the name "Frankenstein" in English language children's recreational rhymes.

This post presents examples of children's recreational rhymes that include the name "Frankenstein" (M-Z).

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/01/information-about-1818-british-novel.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents some information about 19th century author Mary Shelley's novel entitled Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-name-frankenstein-in-examples-of.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post presents examples of children's recreational rhymes that include the name "Frankenstein" (A-L).

The content of this post is presented for historical and cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Mary Shelley for writing the Frankenstein novel and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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This series replaces the now deleted November 2020 pancocojams post "The Name "Frankenstein" In Examples Of Children's Jump Rope & Handclap Rhymes." 

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/09/childrens-recreational-rhymes-that.html for the related 2025 pancocojams post "More Children's Recreational Rhymes That Mention Fictional Characters (M-Z)".

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
As is the case with some other examples of recreational rhymes that are showcased on pancocojams, I'm sharing these rhymes because I'm interested in collecting, studying, and sharing recreational rhymes. Some of these rhymes have been composed and chanted by Black people and some have been composed and chanted by non-Black people.

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Please add examples of children's recreational rhymes that include the name "Frankenstein" in the comment section below. Remember to include demographic information such as year or decade you chanted it and which city/state or nation if outside of the United States. Thanks in advance!

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SOME EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHILDREN'S RHYMES  THAT INCLUDE THE NAME "FRANKENSEIN  

These examples begin with the letter "M"- "Z")

The name "Frankenstein" is given in italics in these examples to highlight that name.

M, N

MISS SUZIE HAD A STEAMBOAT (version #1)
"Miss Suzie had a steamboat,

her steamboat had a bell (ding ding),

Miss Suzie went to heaven,

her steamboat went to...

HELL...o operator

please give me number nine,

And if you disconnect me

I'll cut off your...

Behind the refridgerator

there lay a piece of glass

Miss Suzie sat upon it and cut her big fat...

Ask me no more questions,

I'll tell you now more lies

The boys are in the bathroom

zipping up their..

Flies are in the meadow,

the bees are in the park,

Miss Suzie and her boyfriend

are kissing in the...

D-a-r-k, d-a-r-k, dark dark dark.

The dark is like the movies,

the movies' like the show,

The show is like tv

and that is all I know...

Know know,

I know I know my ma

I know I know my pa,

I know I know my sister

with the 80 meter bra.

My mother is Godzilla,

my father is King Kong.

My sister is the idiot

who made up this dumb song.

My mother gave me a nickle,

my father gave me a dime

My sister gave me a boyfriend,

his name was Frankenstein.

He made me do the dishes,

he made me wash the floor

He made we wash his underpants

and I kicked him out the door!

I kicked him over London,

I kicked him over France,

I kicked him over Hollywoood

and he lost his underpants.

Miss Suzie had a baby,

she named him Tiny Tim.

She put him in the bathtub

to see if he could swim.

He drank up all the water,

he ate up all the soap.

He tried to eat the bathtub

but it wouldn't fit down his throat.

Miss Suzie called the doctor,

Miss Suzie called the nurse

Miss Suzie called the lady

with the alligator purse.

Chicken pox said the doctor,

measles said the nurse

Nothing said the lady

with the alligator purse.

Pennicillan said the doctor,

caster oil said the nurse.

Pizzia said the lady

with the alligator purse!

Miss Suzie knocked the doctor.

Miss Suzie punched the nurse.

Miss Suzie paid the lady with the alligator purse!"
-http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml
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This example is reformatted from the paragraph form which is found on that site.

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MISS SUSIE HAD A STEAMBOAT (HELLO OPERATOR) [Version #2; This is a clip of longer rhyme]
"[...]

I wish I had a nickel
I wish I had a dime
I wish I had a boyfriend
Who kissed me all the time!

My Ma gave me a nickel
My Pa gave me a dime.
My Sister gave me a boyfriend,
Who'd kiss me all the time

My Ma took back the nickel,
My Pa took back the dime.
My Sister took back her boyfriend,
and gave me Frankenstein!

He made me wash the dishes,
He made me wash the floors,
He made me wash his underwear,
So I kicked him out the door

I kicked him over London,
I kicked him over France.
I kicked him to Hawaii,
where he learned to Hula dance!"...
- https://www.nurseryrhymes.org/miss-susie-had-a-steamboat-hello-operator.html

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MS SUZIE HAD A STEAMBOAT  (version #4)
"I'm not sure that was ever a song, but I know it as a jump rope chant from long ago.

In it's entirety it goes like this:

Ms. Suzie had a steamboat,
The steamboat had a bell, (ding-ding)
Ms. Suzie went to heaven and the steamboat went to-
hello operator,
please give me number nine,
and if you disconnect me I will chop off your-

[...]

My mom gave me a nickel,
my dad gave me a dime,
my sis gave me her boyfriend,
who hit me all the time!

I gave mom back the nickel,
I gave dad back the dime,
I traded back the boyfriend,
Instead got frankenstein!

He made me wash the dishes,
he made me scrub the floor!
He made me call him “your highness”
and more and more and more!

 

Notice all the politically and socially incorrectness of the original words! You won't be hearing THAT on a schoolyard anywhere. Of course, I doubt if kids jump rope anymore, either."
-claudiacake, 2008, https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081205222059AAgR6lR

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 MISS SUSIE HAD A STEAMBOAT (HELLO OPERATOR - Lyrics (version #5
"Warning: this rhyme is for the oldest kids! They love it... :)

Miss Susie had a steamboat,
The steamboat had a bell.
Miss Susie went to heaven,
The steamboat went to $&#/$&

Hello operator,
Please give me number nine.
And if you disconnect me
I’ll chop of your /&$#%$

Behind the frigerator
There was a piece of glass.
Miss Mary sat upon it.
It went right up her "%"$(=

Ask me no more questions,
Please tell me no more lies.
The boys are in the bathroom,
Zipping down their "$%$&/&

Flies are in the city,
The bees are in the park.
Boys and girls are kissing
In the D-A-R-K

D-A-R-K D-A-R-K dark dark dark

Dark is like a movie,
A movie’s like a show.
A show is like a TV screen,
And that is all I know

I know I know my mother,
I know I know my pa.
I know I know my sister
With the forty acre bra.

Brother’s like a sister,
A sister’s like an aunt.
An aunt is like a relative
Who likes to rave and rant.

I wish I had a nickel
I wish I had a dime
I wish I had a boyfriend
Who kissed me all the time!

My Ma gave me a nickel
My Pa gave me a dime
My Sister gave me a boyfriend,
Who'd kiss me all the time

My Ma took back the nickel,
My Pa took back the dime.
My Sister took back her boyfriend,
and gave me Frankenstein!

He made me wash the dishes,
He made me wash the floors,
He made me wash his underwear,
So I kicked him out the door

I kicked him over London,
I kicked him over France.
I kicked him to Hawaii,
where he learned to Hula dance!

My mothers like Godzilla,
My fathers like King Kong.
My sister is the stupid one
That taught me this dumb song.

Hello operator,
Please give me number ten.
And if you disconnect me,
I’ll sing this song again!"
-https://www.nurseryrhymes.org/miss-susie-had-a-steamboat-hello-operator.html

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MY MOTHER GAVE ME A NICKEL
"My mother gave me a nickel

My father gave me a dime

My sister gave me a lover boy

Who loved me all the time

My mother took back her nickel

My father took back her dime

My sister took back her lover boy

And gave me Frankenstein

He made me do the dishes

He made me mop the floor

I got so sick and tired of him

I kicked him out the door."
-Simon J. Bronner (editor), American Children's Folklore, 1988, page 62

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O, P

ON A MOUNTAIN STANDS A CASTLE
"We had one which I'm struggling to remember

On a mountain stands a castle

Whose the owner? Frankenstien

And his daughter, Pansy Porter

She's his only valentine"
-Gooseyloosie, www.mumsnet.com/Talk/other_subjects/375176-skipping-rhymes , 21-Aug-07 05
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Here's information about Pansy Potter from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansy_Potter

" "Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter" is a British comic strip series created in 1938 by Hugh McNeill for the magazine The Beano.[1] The series appeared first in the issue dated 17 December 1938. The protagonist is Pansy Potter, a girl who has super strength."...

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Q, R

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S, T

THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT
"ABC hit it

that's the way uh huh uh huh

I like it uh huh uh huh

that's the way uh huh uh huh

I like it uh huh uh huh.

You got the moves,

I got the grooves

so peace punch cap'n crunch.

Break the wall a water fall

girl you think you got it all,you don't. I do.

So poof with your attitude

your mother,your daddy,your bald headed granny.

She's 99 she's online,

she's going out with Frankenstein.

Go granny,go go go granny woo!
-Hannah; 10/29/2008, cocojams.com 
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"Cocojams" was the name of my cultural website that was online from January 2001 to November 2014. A lot of the examples on that website were submitted by children, preteens, and teenagers using that site's easy to submit page that didn't require contributors to give an email address. Some of those examples are included on my pancocojams blog and my cocojams2 blog.
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I placed this example under the letter "T" for the title "That's The Way. I Like It" because I believe that  "ABC Hit it" is an introductory phrase (like "One two, three, go!" and not the title of the rhyme.

Read similar examples that include the for the bald headed granny verses in "Brick Wall Waterfall" rhymes in Part I of this pancocojams series. It should be noted that a number of  examples of Brick Wall Waterfall" rhymes don't include "bald headed granny" verses or any reference to "Frankenstein".

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U, V

U-G-L-Y [title]
"U-G-L- Y

you ain't got no aliby

you ugly,

yeah yeah you ugly

Don't be sad

don't be blue

Frankenstein was ugly too

You ugly,

yeah yeah

you ugly"
-anonymous; cocojams.com
(I neglected to retrieve the date this example was published on my cocojams cultural website.)
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This example is actually a children's/teenagers' taunting rhyme that may not have any accompanying activities. A version of this rhyme without the "Don't be sad" verse) was performed as a high school cheerleader cheer in the 1986 comedy movie entitled Wildcats.

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W, X

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Y, Z

YO BALD HEADED GRANNY

"[...]

My mama, my daddy, my bald headed granny

She's 99

She thinks she's fine

But she goin out with Frankenstein

Go granny, go granny, go granny.

Woo!

[...]"
-sonnym2004, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKsMeC1X6oY&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=sonnym2004, Yo Bald-Headed Granny, Jul 1, 2011

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YO MAMA YO DADDY YO GREASY STANK GRANNY
"Yo mama
yo daddy
yo greasy stank granny
she got holes in her panties
she got a big behind
like Frankenstein
your mama got a big ole butt"
--CinciDiva, Yo Mama, Yo Daddy, Yo greasy stank granny!; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMtZXXIHLwY&ab_channel=CinciDiva, Feb 13, 2011

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YO MAMA YO GREASY GREASY GRAND MAMMY
"I am 25 now and learned this when I was in KG, i'm from North Carolina.

yo mamma

yo, mamma,

yo greasy greasy grand mammy,

she got a big behind like frankinstine,

it goes beat beat beat like sesame street."
-Erica, cocojams.com, 1/3/2008

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YOUR MAMA, YOUR DADDY, YOUR GREASY GREASY GRANNY
"your mama,
your daddy,
your greasy greasy granny
with the hole in her panties,
with a big behind,
like frankenstein-
going beep beep beep
down sesame street!"
-AMY!, cocojams.com, 6/28/2007
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"cocojams" was the name of  my cultural website that was active from January 2001 to Nov. 2014. A lot of children and teenagers used that website's easy feature for posting examples of rhymes and cheers

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Examples Of Children's Recreational Rhymes That Include The Name "Frankenstein" (Title A-L)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision - March 28, 2026

This is Part II of a three part pancocojams post series about the name "Frankenstein" in English language children's recreational rhymes.

This post presents examples of children's recreational rhymes that include the name "Frankenstein" (A-L).

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/01/information-about-1818-british-novel.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post presents some information about 19th century author Mary Shelley's novel entitled Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus.

That post also includes  some responses to the question "Why do so many people believe the monster's name is Frankenstein when that really was the name of the doctor who created the monster?"

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-name-frankenstein-in-examples-of_21.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post presents examples of children's recreational rhymes that include the name "Frankenstein" (M-Z)

The content of this post is presented for historical and cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Mary Shelley for writing the Frankenstein novel and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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This series replaces the now deleted November 2020 pancocojams post "The Name "Frankenstein" In Examples Of Children's Jump Rope & Handclap Rhymes." 

Also,click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/09/childrens-recreational-rhymes-that.html for the related 2025 pancocojams post "More Children's Recreational Rhymes That Mention Fictional Characters (A-L)".

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
As is the case with some other examples of recreational rhymes that are showcased on pancocojams, I'm sharing these rhymes because I'm interested in collecting, studying, and sharing recreational rhymes. Some of these rhymes have been composed and chanted by Black people and some have been composed and chanted by non-Black people.

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Please add examples of children's recreational rhymes that include the name "Frankenstein" in the comment section below. Remember to include demographic information such as year or decade you chanted it and which city/state or nation if outside of the United States. Thanks in advance!

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SOME EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHILDREN'S RHYMES  THAT INCLUDE THE NAME "FRANKENSEIN  

These examples begin with the letter "A"- "L")

The name "Frankenstein" is given in italics in these examples to highlight that name.

A, B

BRICKWALL WATERFALL (version #1)
"Who remembers Brick Wall Waterfall?

I randomly remembered this little chant from elementary school. I feel like everyone had a different version but i remember:

“That’s the way uh huh uh huh I like it uh huh uh huh You got yours, i got mine so peace punch captain crunch Brick wall waterfall. Boys think they know it all But they don’t, girls do. So poof with the attitude No wait, come back. I think you need a tictac Not one, not two, but the whole six pack Your mama your daddy your bald headed granny She 99 she think she fine. Shes goin out with Frankenstein Go granny go granny Go go Go granny"
-Old-Application2936, 2022, 
https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/160nmk0/who_remembers_brick_wall_waterfall/

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BRICKWALL WATERFALL (Version #2)
"My friends and I kept the brick wall one going like this: “not the tic, not the tac, but the whole six pack! yo mama! yo daddy! yo bald-headed granny! she’s 99, she thinks she’s fine, she’s dating Frankenstein! go granny, go go!”
-taylorcorpse, 2024,
https://www.reddit.com/r/OlderGenZ/comments/1evbrji/brick_wall_waterfall_you_think_think_that_you/

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BRICKWALL WATERFALL (Version #3)
"brick wall waterfall girl you think you got it all you dont i do so boom with that attitude yo momma yo dadda yo bald headed grandma she 99 she think she fine she goin out with frankinstien shes hip shes fat she needs a tictac not a tic not a tac but the whole six pack sorry to be mean but she needs some listerene not a sip not a swallow but the whole dang bottle oh!!!!!!!"
-ash; 10/26/2007, https://www.reddit.com/r/AskOldPeople/comments/1am0g1d/do_you_remember_any_childhood_jump_rope_songs_so/

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C, D

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E, F

EENIE MEENIE (Also known as "I Woke Up Sunday Morning", "Roaches and Bedbugs" and other titles) 
"I woke up Sunday morning

And looked up on the wall

The cooties and the bedbugs

Were having a game of ball.

The score was six-to-nothing,

The cooties were ahead.

The cooties hit a home run

And knocked me out of bed!

[Chorus]

I'm singin

Eenie meenie and a-miny-mo

Boom boom boom

Catch a whifferwhaffer by the toe

Boom boom boom

And if he holler hollers let him go

Boom boom boom

Eenie-meenie and a-miny-mo

My father gave me a nickel

My mother gave me a dime

My sister has a boyfriend

Who looks like Frankenstein

[Chorus]

My father is a lawyer,

My mother is a spy

Me and my big mouth

I told thee FBI!

 [Chorus]

I went downstairs for breakfast

I ordered ham and eggs

I ate so many eggs

That the yolk ran down my leg

[Chorus]

I went into the sewer

And that is how I died

They didn't call it murder

They called it "sewer-side!"
-Submitted by Guest, https://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/childrens_songs/eenie_meenie-lyrics-1138582.html

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G, H,

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I, J

I WISH I HAD A NICKLE

"I wish I had a nickle,

I wish I had a dime,

I wish I had a boyfriend

to kiss me all the time.

 

My mom gave me a nickle,

my dad gave me a dime,

my sister gave me a boyfriend

to kiss me all the time.

 

My mom took back the nickle,

my dad took back the dime,

but no one took the boyfriend

who looked like Frankenstein."
- http://nz-home-schooling.blogspot.com/2006/05/chants-and-clapping-games.html#NICKLESaturday, May 13, 2006; Chants and Clapping Games (Thanks to Rifter]

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I WOKE UP SUNDAY MORNING
"I woke up Sunday morning

I looked upon the wall

The skeeters and the bedbugs were playing a game of ball

The score was 3 to nothin

The skeeters were ahead

The bed bugs hit a home run and knocked me out of bed

Im singing eenie meanie and a minnie mo mo  mo mo

Catch a Whipper Whopper by its toe

and if it Holler Waller wallers

Don't let it go im singing

Ennie meanie and a minnie mo

I went downtown for breakfast

I ordered ham and eggs

I ate so many pickles

The juice ran down my legs

Im singing

Ennie meanie and a minnie mo mo mo mo

Catch a Whipper Whopper by its toe

And if it Holler Waller wallers don't let it go

Im singing ennie meanie and a minnie mo

My mom gave me a nickle

My dad gave me a dime

My sister gave me a boyfriend

I kiss him all the time

Im singing eenie meanie and a minnie mo mo  mo mo

Catch a Whipper Whopper by its toe

and if it Holler Waller wallers

Don't let it go im singing

Ennie meanie and a minnie mo

My mommy is a robber

My daddy is a spy

I opened up my big mouth

And told the FBI

Im singing eenie meanie and a minnie mo mo  mo mo

Catch a Whipper Whopper by its toe

and if it Holler Waller wallers

Don't let it go im singing

Ennie meanie and a minnie mo

My mom took back her nickle

My dad took back his dime

My sister took my boyfriend

And gave me Frankenstein

Im singing eenie meanie and a minnie mo mo  mo mo

Catch a Whipper Whopper by its toe

and if it Holler Waller wallers

Don't let it go im singing

Ennie meanie and a minnie mo

He made me wash the dishes

He made me wash car

He made me wash his underwear

I kicked him out the door

Im singing eenie meanie and a minnie mo mo  mo mo"
 -Lunarmy 13, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4evO3aOXGws&ab_channel=ChinookBreeze

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K, L

KISS MY ACRABACK
"kiss my acraback

you soda pack

you b-u-t-t butty wack

your moma, your papa, your greasy, greasy grandmomma

got holes in your pants like frankenstein

goin' join the beat on sesame street

goin' join the gang on soul train

goin' to the bunny hop

to you just can't stop, just can't stop no more

stop, blank, aaaaa.

 

aaaahhh the country south. :lol:"
-jenoy,7/24/2007, https://www.nappturality.com/forums/threads/81695-Clapping-Rhymes-hand-Games/page4 Rhymes/hand Games [This website is no longer available.]

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LEFT LEFT LEFT RIGHT LEFT

This is the rhyme I grew up with:

 

Left, left, left right left,

My back aches, my belt's too tight

My boobs shake from left to right

Droopy drawers make you feel alright

Your ma, your pa

Your grease grease grandma

Frankenstein's got a big behind

And he walks the streets all the time

Afro pick, afro comb

Right on, right on, right on!
-Anonymous, January 4, 2022, "Early Sources & Early Examples Of Lines From "Bang Choo Choo Train" rhymes & cheers", https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/08/bang-bang-choo-choo-train-rhyme-cheer.html

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Information About The 1818 British Novel "Frankenstein" And Why The Monster & Not The Monster's Creator Is Called "Frankenstein"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a three part pancocojams post series about the name "Frankenstein" in English language children's recreational rhymes.

This post presents some information about 19th century author Mary Shelley's novel entitled Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus.

This post also includes  some responses to the question "Why do so many people believe the monster's name is Frankenstein when that really was the name of the doctor who created the monster?"

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-name-frankenstein-in-examples-of.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post presents examples of children's recreational rhymes that include the name "Frankenstein" (A-L).

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-name-frankenstein-in-examples-of_21.html for Part III of this pancocojams series. That post presents examples of children's recreational rhymes that include the name "Frankenstein" (M-Z)

The content of this post is presented for historical and cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Mary Shelley for writing the Frankenstein novel and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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This series replaces the now deleted November 2020 pancocojams post "The Name "Frankenstein" In Examples Of Children's Jump Rope & Handclap Rhymes." 

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
This post departs from the primary mission of this pancocojams blog which is to present information and examples of African American culture and other Black cultures throughout the world. 

As is the case with some other examples of recreational rhymes that are showcased on pancocojams, I'm sharing information and examples of the background of rhymes that include the name "Frankenstein" because I'm interested in collecting, studying, and sharing recreational rhymes.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE FRANKENSTEIN NOVEL
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein#Frankenstein_and_the_Monster
"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20.[2] Her name first appeared in the second edition published in Paris in 1821.

[...]

It has had a considerable influence in literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories, films and plays.

Since the publication of the novel, the name "Frankenstein" has often been used to refer to the monster itself.[8][9][10]

[…]

Frankenstein and the Monster

Part of Frankenstein's rejection of his creation is the fact that he does not give it a name, which causes a lack of identity. Instead it is referred to by words such as "wretch", "monster", "creature", "demon", "devil", "fiend", and "it"."...
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This sentence is given in italics to highlight it.

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WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT FRANKENSTEIN IS THE MONSTER;S NAME INSTEAD OF THE NAME OF THE DOCTOR WHO CREATED HIM?
Source #1
From AI Overview (retrieved January 21, 2026 in response to my question "Why is the monster in the novel "Frankenstein" called by that name and not the monster's inventor?")

The monster in Frankenstein isn't called by a specific name in Mary Shelley's novel; he's referred to as the "creature," "wretch," or "fiend," while Frankenstein is the surname of his creator, Victor Frankenstein. This common confusion stems from popular culture, especially the 1930s Universal films and subsequent adaptations, where the title and marketing often blurred the creator's name with the creation, leading the public to mistakenly believe "Frankenstein" was the monster's name.

In the Novel

Victor Frankenstein: The scientist who creates the being.

The Creature: The being himself is never given a proper name in the book, though he refers to himself as "Adam" in relation to Victor as his "God" or "Father," and others call him "creature," "monster," "wretch," or "devil".

Why the Misconception Grew

Early Adaptations: Even the first successful stage play (1823) left the monster unnamed, but later stage and film versions began to label the monster as "Frankenstein".

Film Influence: The iconic 1931 film Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff as the creature, heavily popularized the idea, especially with titles like Bride of Frankenstein.

Cultural Shortcut: "Frankenstein" is a shorter, more memorable shorthand for "Frankenstein's monster," making it the default name in casual speech and media.

In essence, the monster's lack of a name in the novel highlights his alienation, but popular media eventually gave him a name by adopting his creator's surname, despite the original text's clear distinction."

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Source #2
From https://www.quora.com/Why-do-so-many-people-believe-that-Frankenstein-is-the-monsters-name-instead-of-the-doctors 

Response #1 - Mark Stamp, 2018
“The monster was never given a name in the story. So referring to it always involved phrases like “the monster” “it” or “Frankenstein’s monster” to clarify you were talking about the book but that last one is a mouthful.

Words have power, so the gravest mockery that Victor Frankenstein could give to his creation was to not give it a name.

Beyond that, something tells me that plastering “Frankenstein” in big letters over posters with Boris Karloff’s neanderthalish makeup may have had something to do with the association.

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Response #2- Charlotte Graves, 2018
"Nevermind the movie posters and popular culture, the BOOK is called “FRANKENSTEIN” and to a casual observer (and many readers) is about the creation, not the creator. Thus, the name has been regularly applied in the same way.

There’s some apparent ambiguity in the subtitle, too - ‘A modern Prometheus’ - given that Prometheus stole from the gods (just as Dr. took/copied the ability to grant life from God) despite being just a lowly creation of the same (just as the ‘monster’ was merely a creation). And what did Prometheus take but fire - the fire channeled by Dr. into creation. Both the man and the monster can be aligned with Prometheus, both the man and the creation (son) therefore also have claim to the name.”…

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Source #3
From https://www.facebook.com/groups/1310508596300250/posts/1721425888541850/ English Literature Society- Read More Books

Admin, October 3, 2025
"Do you know The Monster In Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" Has No Name

A common misunderstanding is that the monster is named Frankenstein, when in fact he remains nameless throughout the novel. It is thought that during a reading of the book, Shelley referred to the monster as 'Adam,' a nod to the Garden of Eden."

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