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!"...
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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
"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
O, P
ON A MOUNTAIN STANDS A CASTLE
"
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
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
YO MAMA YO GREASY GREASY GRAND MAMMY
"
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
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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