Lyrics:Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts

[G. Hunnicutt]

I am compiling the lyrics of the childhood song sung to the tune of
"The Old Gray Mare" that started with "Great Big Gobs of Greasy Grimy
Gopher Guts" or variations of the same. If you remember yours please
send me your version along with where you were when you learned this
version. I have found some interesting variations that perhaps have a
regional distribution. Thank you all who have responded and those that
will. Gary

Please respond to: Hunn...@sun.uchc.edu

[William Wagman]

There is a CD entitled GOOBERS that has a recording of the song, if
memory serves it's sung by Penn Gillette (of Penn & Teller). Lots of
other off the wall kids stuff.

NesAuction (nesau...@aol.com) wrote:
: Great Big Globs of Greasy grimy gopher guts
: Chopped up bloody birdy feet
: mutilated monkey feet
: add a can of all-purpose porpoise puss
: and me without a spoon
: (I'll use a straw!)
: SNe...@power.net

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(916) 752-1208

[Adam C Schneider]

This is what I remember:

{Girls,boys} are made of greasy, grimy gopher guts
Chopped up monkey feet, ordinary birdy seed
French-fried eyeballs rolled in banana grease
[Damn, I can't remember the last line.]

Adam

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[NesAuction]

Great Big Globs of Greasy grimy gopher guts

[mbr0]

In article <3s4pg5$g...@threed.uchc.edu>,

Great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat,
Contaminated camel's feet,
Great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
Lyin' on the kitchen floor.
--
Mark of the Valley of Roses
m...@gte.com

[Thorin T. Oakenshield]

The way I heard it was:

Great, green gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,
Pukulated monkey meat,
Little, tiny birdies' feet.
All adds up to such a lucious treat -
But, I forgot my spoon.
(So, they gave me a fork.....)

--
T. T. O.

[G. Hunnicutt]

I am compiling the lyrics of the childhood song sung to the tune of
"The Old Gray Mare" that started with "Great Big Gobs of Greasy Grimy
Gopher Guts" or variations of the same. If you remember yours please
send me your version along with where you were when you learned this
version. I have found some interesting variations that perhaps have a
regional distribution. Thank you all who have responded and those that
will. Gary

Please respond to: Hunn...@sun.uchc.edu

[Robert Ardinger Jr.]

> Great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
> Mutilated monkey meat,
> Contaminated camel's feet,
> Great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts,

> **** Lyin' on the kitchen floor.****

My son's last line = "And me without a spoon"

[jef...@cruzio.com]

In article <3s9cs3$l...@ceylon.gte.com>, mb...@roger.gte.com (mbr0) writes:
> In article <3s4pg5$g...@threed.uchc.edu>,
> G. Hunnicutt <hunn...@sun.uchc.edu> wrote:

The version I know from elementary school in the Santa Clara Valley of
California in the mid-1960's is:

Great big globs of greasy grimy gopher guts
French fried piggies feet
Mutilated monkey's meat
Four bloody eyeballs rolled down a dirty street
And I forgot my spoon
It's almost noon...
--
Jeff Emery jef...@cruzio.com KZSC Radio
88.1 FM
"Folk Backroads" Santa Cruz, CA
Sundays, Noon to 2 pm

[shbur...@desire.wright.edu]

The version my great uncle used to sing to me went:

Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts
Mutilated monkey meat
Chopped up baby birdie feet
French-fried eyeballs soaking in a pool of blood
All to eat without a spoon
But I've got a straw

I've heard some kids sing a second verse, too, but I can't remember it. Any
seven year old can probably sing it, though.

Stacey Burright
Anachronauts--not hard rock....hard science!
shbur...@library.wright.edu

[James McNeil]

The version I heard was:

Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts

mutilated monkey feet
chopped up pidgeon beaks (I can't remember the next line -- but it
... wasn't what I've seen mentioned here so far.
Possibly it was just a repeat of the first line.)
That's what we eat at school.

It was sung to a tune that I'm blanking on... but alternate words I've
heard to the tune are:

I'm too young to march in the infantry
shoot the artillary
ride in the calvary
I'm too young to march in the infantry
But I'm in the Lord's army.

Lianne
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Lianne or Jim McNeil Water those flowers you want to grow.

[Noemi]

Somebody may already have mentioned this, but several versions of the
lyrics can be found in the Pankake's compilation, "Joe's Got a Head Like
a Ping-Pong Ball".

Noemi

I remember:
would you like a bowl of greasy grimy gopher guts,
mutilated monkey feet,
teeny, tiny birdies' feet,
bla bl bla bla bla-bla bla-bla bla bla bla
I forgot my spoon.

[GreeneKing]

Good grief is it really folk music? It certainly BEHAVES like folk music
and well, i confess I DO know a version...... this from 2nd grade recess:

Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts

Mutilated monkey meat
Little birdies' dirty feet
Piles and piles of all-purpose porpoise pus
I forgot my spoon
(I brought my straw)

Who needs the words and WHY??

[cathy rytmeister]

schn...@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam C Schneider) wrote:
>
> This is what I remember:
>
> {Girls,boys} are made of greasy, grimy gopher guts
> Chopped up monkey feet, ordinary birdy seed
> French-fried eyeballs rolled in banana grease
> [Damn, I can't remember the last line.]
>
>

Ours went:
Great big lumps of greasy grimy gopher heads
Forty little froggy's legs
Mutilated monkey's heads
All mixed up with
Ventilated eagle's vomit
Eaten without a spoon!

This is quite different from those already posted - maybe
this is the Australian version!!
Cathy R.

[JoeLHiggs]

Here's the real version:
Great green globs of greasy, grimey, gopher guts
Mutilated monkey's feet
Little, bloody birdie's feet
It all adds up to all purpose porpoise pus

And I forgot my spoon

But we have straws
JOELHIGGS

[SMWM]

ok ...ok ...my turn

la...la...la

GREAT BIG GOBS OF GREASY, GRIMMY, GOPHER GUTS
MANILATED MONKEY MEAT
CHOPPED UP PARAKEET
FRENCH FRIED EYE BALLS SITTING IN A POOL OF BLOOD
AND ME WITH OUT A SPOON

Matthew Baker
"not just a kid at heart..."

--
sm...@netcom.com

[Rick Shumway]

FWIW here's my best recollection of what we used to sing:

Great big gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,
mutilated monkey meat, hairy little piggies feet
all wrapped up in vicious looking vulture vomit

and me without a spoon

***but here's a straw***

[Kristina Cizas]

My version (s):

Great green globs of greasy grimy gopher guts
mutilated monkey meat
very dirty birdie feet
pale pink piles of petrified pelican puke
and me without my spoon.

Or
...
...
...
french-fried eyeballs rolling down a bloody street
and me without my spoon.

Goddess help us all.

K

[Moi]

Here is mine. (God, it must be 30 years ago)

Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts
Mutilated monkey meat
Petrified pigs feet
Chopped off heads and Barbequed toenails
and I forgot my spoon
(But I remembered my stra-a-a-a-w)

I have a feeling this song has many regional variations.

[Elyse Eisner]

The one I knew (sorry if someone's already posted it) was:

Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts
Mutilated monkey meat

Little birdies' bloody feet
Great green gobs of all purpose porpoise pus
And I forgot my spoon.

Elyse

[JK13]

I heard it as:

Great big globs of greasy grimy gopher guts
constipated monkey meat
mutilated birdie feet
and just one jar of all purpose porpoise puss

[G. Hunnicutt]

Thanks to every one who is responding. If you could let me know where
you learned your version and the approximate year that would be very
helpful.
You can email me at HUNN...@SUN.UCHC.EDU. Thanks again.

G. Hunnicutt

[Diana Hammond]

G. Hunnicutt (huni...@sun.uchc.edu) wrote:
: Thanks to every one who is responding. If you could let me know where

[Abby Sale]

DH> G. Hunnicutt (huni...@sun.uchc.edu) wrote:

(Thanks Diane)

From the daughter, Rodi Steindl, who learned this in 1985 Orlando.

Greasy grimey gopher guts
mutilated monkey meat
camel snot and piggies feet
gobs and gobs of all purpose porpose pus
and you forgot your spoon.

We're serving scab sandwich, pus on top
monkey doodey, camel snot
tiger's eyeballs soaked in glue
Yummy, yummy, yummy it's good for you
Bapadadada.......Food Fight!

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[FOGS]

I remember it from the early '60's as:

Girls are made of
Greasy grimy gopher guts
Chop chop liver meat
Concentrated monkey feet!

Repeated ad nauseum, then run around in a tight circle until you fall down
dizzy.

No doubt it gained a more poetic tilt in the 30 years since...

[crobert...@gmail.com]

On Monday, June 19, 1995 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-6, G. Hunnicutt wrote:
> I am compiling the lyrics of the childhood song sung to the tune of
> "The Old Gray Mare" that started with "Great Big Gobs of Greasy Grimy
> Gopher Guts" or variations of the same. If you remember yours please
> send me your version along with where you were when you learned this
> version. I have found some interesting variations that perhaps have a
> regional distribution. Thank you all who have responded and those that
> will. Gary
>

> Please respond to: Hunn...@sun.uchc.edu

Great green gobs of greasy Grimy gopher guts
mutilated monkey meat
dirty little birdies feet
French fried eyeball simmering in a pool of blood
and i don't have a spoon

[thelit...@gmail.com]

Great green globs of gushy grimy gopher guts,
Little dirty birdie's feet,
Mutilated monkey's meat,
Five green eyeball rolling down the muddy street
And I forgot my spoon,
I forgot my spoon,
Five quart jars of prickly priceless porpoise pus,

[thelit...@gmail.com]

Brooklyn, NY, late 50's

[shan...@gmail.com]

Great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts
Mutilated monkey meat
Little Birdy dirty feet

French fried eyeballs floating in a bowl of blood
That's what I had for lunch

Without a spoon

[john.n...@gmail.com]

Great big gobs of greasy grimy Gopher Guts mutilated monkey nuts that's all I got

[Still Bud]

On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:03:22 -0800 (PST), john.n...@gmail.com
wrote:

>Great big gobs of greasy grimy Gopher Guts mutilated monkey nuts that's all I got

Hell, THAT has it's own Wiki article..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Green_Gobs_of_Greasy,_Grimy_Gopher_Guts

[Still Bud]

On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:03:22 -0800 (PST), john.n...@gmail.com
wrote:

>Great big gobs of greasy grimy Gopher Guts mutilated monkey nuts that's all I got

OR..


http://boyscouttrail.com/content/song/greasy_grimy_gopher_guts-467.asp

[asia...@aol.com]

Our version in central Illinois,
Went like this: great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher guys

Mutalated monkey meat

French fried eyeballs simmering in a pot of stew

And me without my spoon! That's all I can remember!

[cnot...@gmail.com]

On Monday, June 19, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, G. Hunnicutt wrote:
> I am compiling the lyrics of the childhood song sung to the tune of
> "The Old Gray Mare" that started with "Great Big Gobs of Greasy Grimy
> Gopher Guts" or variations of the same. If you remember yours please
> send me your version along with where you were when you learned this
> version. I have found some interesting variations that perhaps have a
> regional distribution. Thank you all who have responded and those that
> will. Gary
>
> Please respond to: Hunn...@sun.uchc.edu

Great big gobs of:
Greasy grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated up monkey meat,
Chopped up birdie feet,
French fried eyeballs floatin' in a pool of grease,
And I Forget my spoooooon!

[melaniew...@gmail.com]

Great gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts
Mutilated monkey meat
Turtles’ hands and turtles’ feet
French fried eyeballs roasting in a pot of snot

And I forgot my spoon

But I’ve got my straaawwwww [insert slurping noise]

[tear...@gmail.com]

A Great big gob of mutilated monkey meat, little birdie's dirty feet, french fried eye-balls sitting in a pool of blood and I forgot my spoon. I learned it in Michigan.

[cainewulfe]

Great green gobs of gooey grimy gopher guts
Munched up monkey meat
Little birdies dirty feet
French fried eyeballs floating in a bowl of stew
Oops I forgot my straw, but I got ma SPOON!

Ontario, Canada 1990s
Learned through family, not school

[Marble2]

tear...@gmail.com wrote in
news:de202788-fd9a-44a2...@googlegroups.com:

> A Great big gob of mutilated monkey meat, little birdie's dirty
> feet, french fried eye-balls sitting in a pool of blood and I
> forgot my spoon. I learned it in Michigan.

Digital Tradition is great for those campfire songs.

GREAT, GREEN GOBS OF GREASY, GRIMY GOPHER GUTS (2)
(Tom Glazer)
https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=8840
https://youtu.be/MzMshNafGFs

[Bretton Ferguson]

The way we sung it as best I remember was:

Great big globs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat,
Half eaten hippo hearts,
French fried eyeballs soaking in a pool of blood,

[Jericho Mt]

This is what we sang:

Great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts,
Itty bitty birdy feet,
Marmalade and money meat
All put together with all purpose porpoise puss
That’s what were having for lunch …. And supper too..

[Rod Neumann]

On Monday, June 19, 1995 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, G. Hunnicutt wrote:
> I am compiling the lyrics of the childhood song sung to the tune of
> "The Old Gray Mare" that started with "Great Big Gobs of Greasy Grimy
> Gopher Guts" or variations of the same. If you remember yours please
> send me your version along with where you were when you learned this
> version. I have found some interesting variations that perhaps have a
> regional distribution. Thank you all who have responded and those that
> will. Gary
> Please respond to: Hunn...@sun.uchc.edu

circa 1958, I remember kindergarten kids reciting on the bus when I was in 3rd grade... they must have repeated it a lot that I still remember it. Too bad I don't remember as much the important stuff.

" Ham sandwich
Pus on Top,
Monkey Vomit
Camel Snot,
Alligator Eyeball rolled in glue,
That's the sandwich just for you."