Talk:Bang Bang Lulu
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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. — LlywelynII 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 "
- 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"
— LlywelynII 12:24, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
Schoolyard version
It seems very, very likely that some version of this song morphed into "
- A variant of this form of the song was influenced by or developed into the Miss Susie had a steamboat":
- A variant of this form of the song was influenced by or developed into the
- 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...) — LlywelynII 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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