There's a Skeeter on My Peter

DESCRIPTION: "There's a skeeter on my peter, whack it off (whack it off!) (x2), There's a dozen on my cousin You can hear the bastards buzzin', There's a skeeter on my peter...." Or the song might address Sweet Marie. Or it might be a skeeter on Juanita
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: bug injury bawdy humorous campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Harbin-Parodology, #39, p. 16, "Skeeter Song" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #21475
NOTES [100 words]: This is an extremely amorphous type: most versions in the Mudcat.org thread "Lyr Req: Bawdy ditty - Skeeter on my Peter" have "There's a skeeter on my peter, whack it off." Others have "There's a skeeter on my peter, sweet Marie." The Harbin-Parodology version is of course mostly clean: "There's a skeeter on Juanity, Knock him off, knock him off. There's a whopper on her popper...." (Note that the mosquitoes that draw blood are female, not male.)
The confusion extends to tunes; Harbin-Parodology lists "Little Bit of Love," but others prefer "John Brown's Body."
Which tune is original? Got me. - RBW
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