Talk:Bang Bang Lulu

Lulu had a steamboat
The song is not specifically about men Lulu has been with. Of the 5 verses given here, only two even mention other people and only one of those specifies "boyfriends." As to the teacher and bell, the version I learned as kid was: Lulu had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell, steamboat went to New Orleans, etc.Colin McLarty (talk) 13:42, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * This song most certainly was about Lulu and her men. You're thinking of a different song. — Llywelyn II   08:06, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Recorded versions
"Bang Bang Lulu" is also a song by the North Mississippi Allstars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.38.132.13 (talk) 20:24, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Other versions
I can include a few more from the sources I've seen working on "Miss Susie had a steamboat" but there are certainly many more and it's much more likely the British versions came first. — Llywelyn II   08:06, 13 January 2014 (UTC) — Llywelyn II   12:24, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Bang Lulu; Bang Away, Lulu; Gang Bang Lulu; various others
 * Gang Bang Lulu, along with an aside that The Flatlanders would sing it as a "down down song", subbing in the names of male audience members for "Lulu"

Schoolyard version
It seems very, very likely that some version of this song morphed into "Miss Lucy had a baby" and (/from there) "Miss Susie had a steamboat", but the following verses someone added to the page have no source and are literally nowhere else on the internet except this article. Removed here pending some source:


 * A variant of this form of the song was influenced by or developed into the schoolyard rhymes "Miss Lucy had a baby" and "Miss Susie had a steamboat":


 * Lulu had a boyfriend, his name was Diamond Dick, she never saw his diamonds, but only saw his...
 * Bang bang Lulu, Bang bang Lulu, Bang bang Lulu, Lulu bang bang.
 * Lulu had a teacher, the teacher had a bell, Lulu went to heaven, the teacher went to...
 * Hell-o operator give me number ni-yeh-ne-uh, Lulu's on the toilet, wiping her...
 * Behind the Iron Curtain, there was a piece of glass, Lulu fell upon it and broke her little...
 * Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies, this is the story of how Lulu dies:
 * Lulu had two boyfriends, they both were very rich; one was a playboy, the other was a B**CH!

(For what it's worth, it also seems that there's some order problems in this version...) — Llywelyn II   15:49, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Does anyone know if that one word was spelled as "cyarve" or "carve" in The Virginian? It looked like a spelling error in the article to me but I wasn't sure. 97.102.61.193 (talk) 00:22, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

I heard this version in the schoolyard in the 1950s. It was always followed by I used to work in Chicago/ in a department store/ used to work in Chicago/ I did what I don’t any more/. Truelawfacts (talk) 21:05, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Woman comes in asks for a cake/ Asks her what kind she adore/ Layer she says/ Lay her I did/ I did what I don’t anymore

This was in Germantown, Louisville Kentucky Truelawfacts (talk) 21:08, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

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