ID: 1050 Date: 1940s - 1990s Title: Hitler has only Gender: Male and Female Classification: Parody Rhyme: Hitler has only got one ball, Goering has two, but very small, Himmler has got two sim'lar, But Goebbels has no balls at all! (Timaru, 1940s; Rotorua, 1960s) -- Hitler had two enormous balls, Goering's were very, very small, Himmler has something sim'lar, But Goebbels has no balls at all! (Auckland, 1990s) -- Hitler had only one brass ball, Himmler had two, but very small, Whereas Goebbels, Had no balls, At all. (Auckland, 1940s) -- Hitler has only got one ball. The other's in the royal hall. His mother, the dirty bugger, Chopped it off when he was small. (Rotorua, 1970s) -- Hitler has only got one ball. The other is in Albert Hall. His mother, is his big brother, And Goebbels has no balls at all. (Wellington, 1960s) -- Background Info: Sung to the tune of "Colonel Bogey", often in school assemblies. == Alternative versions in Turner,1978:116: Hitler had only one brass ball, The other was half way up the wall. His mother, the dirty bugger, Cut it off when he was small. (Melbourne, 1973) == Other Hitler-based rhymes in Opie, 1967:103. == Keywords: political, bawdy Location: Various NZ Group size: 2 Incidence: 6