Catalina Magdalena (yet another silly song!)

Catalina Magdalena

music and lyrics: author unknown

There was a girl who had a funny name

Her Poppy gave it to her just the same same same!

Chorus:

Catalina Magdalena Oogansteina Walendina Hogan Logan Bogan

Was her name

She had two eyes in her head

One was yellow and the other was red

She had two teeth in her mouth

One pointed East and the other pointed South

chorus

She had two hairs on the bottom of her chin

One pointed out and the other pointed in

She had two feet, size ten and a half

One took a shower and the other took a bath

chorus

Some say her breath smells quite sweet

But as for me, I’d rather smell her feet

She had two holes in her nose

One for her finger, the other for her toes

Chorus

guitar and vocals: T.S. Taylor

note:

At this point some of you are probably asking yourselves “Why would Unky Terry stoop so low as to waste his time and ours by recording these ridiculous kids songs for Patreon?”

Well, I’ll tell you why: Because I’m old, I feel like it and, by cracky, I don’t care what anyone thinks! Now get off my lawn, ya gaul dern whipper-snappers! Then again, I could say I’m doing this for my granddaughters who happen to love this stuff, and I’m doing it for the child inside all of us. (Yeah, I know, this last one’s one of those tired cliches, but I couldn’t come up with anything else just now). Wait! I’ve got it! I could also say that, for me, this is a little trip down Memory Lane, and since I haven’t yet taken too many trips down said lane, I would hope you would indulge me in at least one more. I could also say that I’ve recorded this silly stuff because some of you will go “Wow! I remember (Dad, Mom, Grandpa, etc.) singin’ that to me when I was a kid!” I suppose I could give you a number of other reasons for my decision to barge ahead with this particular collection, but I won’t because I’m old and don’t feel like it and, by cracky, I don’t care what anyone thinks! Now, get off my lawn, ya gaul dern whipper-snappers! Wait! Did I already say that?! Well, if I did, it’s cuz I’m old and, by cracky,……

Catalina Magdalena has been around since the 1940’s. No one knows who wrote it and, I believe I can safely say, know one cares. It’s just an amusing little campfire song which practically begs for the listener to make up his or her own silly couplets. In fact, there are many different versions of the poem, including the name of the central character; “Catalina Magdelina Oogansteina Wallendina Hogan Logan Bogan” is the name of the girl in the version my mother taught me, and I believe there’s now a popular kids book by this same name. It’s cool to me that something this old and relatively obscure is now being enjoyed by a whole new generation of young……whipper-snappers.