ID: 213
Date: 1950s - 2000
Title: Ta ra ra boom de ay
Gender: Female 
Classification: Bawdy 
Rhyme: 

Ta ra ra boom de ay,
Have you had yours today?
I had mine yesterday, 
With the boy across the way.
He laid me on the couch
And all I felt was ouch!
My mummy got such a surprise 
When she saw my tummy start to rise.

(Wellington, 1970s)

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Ta ra ra boom de ay,
My mum had twins today.
They sucked her tits away,
Ta ra ra boom de ay.

(NZ ex UK, 1950s)

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Te ra ra boom de ay,
I lost my pants today. 
The boy next door,
He got me on the floor,
My mother was surprised,
To see my tummy rise.
And hear the baby cry,
Ta ra ra boom de ay.

(Christchurch, 1970s)

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Ta ra ra boom de ay.
Aileen's pants fell down today.
The naughty boy next door,
Pushed her on the floor.
Her mother was surprised,
To see her tummy rise.
Then gave a shout of joy,
It was a baby boy!

(Auckland, 1998)

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Ta ra ra boom de ay,
I'll take your pants away,
And while you're standing there,
I'll take your underwear.

(Hastings, 1960s; Whangaparaoa, 2000)

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Background Info: Parody. For other versions see Turner, 1978:129:

Ta ra ra boom de ay,
Mae West had twins today.
They suck her tits away,
Ta ra ra boom de ay.  

(Melbourne, 1945)

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Lowenstein, 1974:40 recorded:

Ta ra ra boom de ay,
Have you had yours today?
I had mine yesterday
With the boy across the way. 
He laid me on the couch,
And all I said was, "Ouch!'
My mummy was surprised,
To see my tummy rise.
(Melbourne, 1967)
Ta ra ra boom de ay,
My wife had quads today.
If I had my way
She'd have them everyday.
(Melbourne, 1967)

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Onwuchekwa, 2003:143 records this variation from urban black America:

Tra-la-la boom-de-ay,
Have you had yours today?
I had mine yesterday
From the boy across the way.
He threw me on the couch
And stuck it up my crotch
Tra-la-la boom-de-ay
Tra-la-la boom-de-ay.
My mother was surprised
To see my belly rise.
My father was disgusted
To see my cherry busted.
It took me nine months
To get rid of the lumps
Tra-la-la boom-de-ay.
Tra-la-la boom-de-ay.

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Keywords: sex, pregnancy 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 2 
Incidence: 6