Hitler Has Only Got One Ball

DESCRIPTION: To the tune of the Colonel Bogey march: "Hitler has only got one ball, Goering has two, but they are small. Himmler has something sim'lar, But poor Goebbels has no balls at all."
AUTHOR: unknown (music by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts, also known as Kenneth J. Alford, 1881–1945; published 1914)
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear)
KEYWORDS: nonballad injury | Hitler
FOUND IN: Canada
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, p. 186, "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" (1 text, 1 tune)
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, post 24, "(Hitler has only got one ball)" (1 mention, from user John5918, posted August 29, 2021)
DT, HITLERBA*
Roud #10493
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Colonel Bogey March" (tune)
cf. "Comet" (tune)
NOTES [48 words]: Note that, although the Colonel Bogey march is now primarily associated with the movie "The Bridge on the River Kwai," that movie was made in 1958. Thus this song did not derive the tune from the movie; it already had it. For more on the tune, see Fuld-BookOfWorldFamousMusic, pp. 175-176
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