There's a Skeeter on My Peter
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"There's a Skeeter on My Peter (Knock it Off)" is a well known humorous song. It is sung to the tune of "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain". The premise of this song is that the mosquito is on the singer's penis ("peter") and he would like someone to cause the insect to depart from his appendage. This song, like many in its genre, has frequently variable lyrics, including a tongue-in-cheek reference to handjobs or masturbation by substituting "knock it off" with "beat it off" or "whack it off".
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[edit] Variations of original version
Variant #1:
- There's a skeeter on my peter, knock it off
- There's a skeeter on my peter, knock it off
- There's a dozen on my cousin's
- I can hear the bastards [or buggers] buzzin'
- There's a skeeter on my peter, knock it off
Variant #2:
- There's a skeeter on my peter, sweet Marie
- There's another on my brother, can't you see
- There's a dozen on my cousin
- Can't you hear those bastards buzzin'
- There's a skeeter on my peter, sweet Marie
[edit] Origins
This is known as a drinking song by Hash House Harriers and by rugby players. The "masturbation" version of the song is a standard in the act of musician/comedian John Valby. It has been commercially recorded by Valby (preview) and by an anonymous person on 1960 LP The Unexpurgated Folk Songs of Men (preview). The earliest printed example of this song is found in the book Parodology (1927) where the tune is listed as an adaptation of the tune "Little Bit of Love".
[edit] Children's version
More recently, the song has had its lyrics changed to make it more appropriate for children and as There's a Skeeter (or There's a Skeeter Biting Peter) is a well known humorous children's song[1] in the United States.
The premise of the song, sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques",[2] is that a mosquito ("skeeter") is biting a boy, and must be driven away:
- There's a skeeter biting Peter,
- Knock him off! Knock him off!
- What a pesky skeeter,
- Biting little Peter!
- Knock him off! Knock him off!
[edit] Sources
- Parodology (1927) pg 16. song #39.
