ID: 973
Date: 1960s-2006
Title: Humpty Dumpty
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Parody 
Rhyme: 

Humpty Dumpty sat on a chair,
Eating ripe bananas,
Where do you think he put the skins,
Down his new pyjamas.

(Auckland, 2006; Ashburton, 2006)

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Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the king's horses and all the king's men,
Had scrambled eggs for breakfast.

(Christchurch, 1990s x 2; Auckland, 1990s;Te Aroha, 1997; Kawerau, 2002; Dunedin, 2003; Ashburton, 2006)

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Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
He didn't get bruised,
He didn't get bumped,
Humpty Dumpty bungy jumped!

(Papakura, 2002)

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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Eating black bananas.
Where do you think he put the skins?
Down the king's pyjamas.

(Rotorua, 1970s; Christchurch, 1980s; Christchurch, 1990s x 2)

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Humpty Dumpty sat on his bed,
With bandages wrapped around his head.
He moaned, "Of all the rotten tricks,
Who's the one that greased the bricks?"

(NZ, 2000)

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Humpty Dumpty sat on a chair,
While the barber cut his hair,
He cut it long,
He cut it short,
He cut it with a knife and fork.

(Christchurch, 1990s)

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Humpty Dumpty went to the moon,
On a supersonic spoon,
He took some porridge and a tent,
But when he landed the spoon got bent.
Humpty Dumpty didn't care,
For all I know he's still up there.

(Ashburton, 1998)

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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the king's men,
Threw him out the window,
Threw him out the second storey window,
With a heave and a ho, and a mighty throw.
They threw him out the window.

(Rotorua, 2002)

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Humpty Dumpty sat in a chair,
Crying in his underwear,
When he stood up, he did a fart,
And his brand new knickers flew apart!

(Kamo, 2000)

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Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,
Crash, bang, that's all!

(Whangarei,1960s)

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Alternative endings:
Said, "Screw him! He's just an egg."
(Springfield, 1999)

Said, "Serves you right, you fat fucker!" 
(NZ ex UK, 2000)

Had egg sandwiches.
(Christchurch, 1998)

Said, "Jeez, we're never going to be hungry again."
(Christchurch,1990s)

Trod on him. 
(Ashburton, 1990s)

Said, "Stuff him, he's only an egg!"
(Auckland, 1970s)

"Had to have eggs for breakfast again." (Auckland, 2000)

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Background Info: Originally this rhyme was a riddle to which the correct response was 'an egg'. First recorded in a publication in 1803. (Opie, 1985:215)

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Keywords: bawdy, 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 5 
Incidence: 27