I don't know the original, but I could swear that those particular lyrics came later.


If you google for "Great green gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts" you will get over 700 hits, and will be able to find 40 or 50 (or more?) minor variations.

What impresses me is how thoroughly ingrained in American "culture" this song has become. It seems like everybody learned it when they were little, but it certainly wasn't being taught in school (not officially, anyway! ) or popularized in songbooks or on the radio, etc. There are people in my office from Florida, New York, California, Alaska, you name it, ranging in age from teenager to 60's, and they all know the song. It's been around at least 60 years.

Did the song make it overseas?

tanstaafl.