The bricklayer's son goes dit-da-dooThe bricklayer's son goes dit-da-dooThe bricklayer's son goes dit-da-dooThe bricklayer's son goes dit-da-doo
Occasionally additional verses were added in which the bricklayer's son "went" various other nonsense syllables such as "raw-de-raw," but usually it was just "dit-da-doo." There was also a variant that replaced the fourth line with "All day tomorrow," but that was considered uncool and was only sung by girls.
The thing is, it seems as if the song must have been around for a while, since referring to anyone as "the bricklayer's son" isn't the sort of thing that would come naturally to American children in the late eighties, but I can find no reference to it anywhere on the Internet. So I'm remedying that by posting it here, in the vague hope that years down the line someone else will google the line, end up here, and leave a comment saying, "You remember that, too? I thought I was the only one!"
7 comments:
the whole song sounds like a euphemism for what the bricklayers son does to her so should only be sung by whamen
When I saw the post title, my mind mixed it up and I misremembered the masonic distress call, but that actually involves the widow's son, not the bricklayer's son.
Unless the bricklayer is the decedent...
Like in the prior comment, I too was put in mind momentarily of the boys from the lodge by the reference.
However, my question is more -- what song has lyrics "The Wheels on the Bugs [sic]" ? I think wheels on bugs means squashed bugs pretty quickly...
@Poppop
It’s a song about Volkswagens, obviously.
@Ben Pratt
I made that connection, too. In fact, it was the discussion of Masons in the comments on the previous post that made me think of the song.
William,
You might recall that I commented about Red Bricks and Freemasonary on a previous
post.
Also recall Joe Biden's Red Brick speech in Philly on Sept 1,
"coincidently: SEVEN days before the announcement of Queen Elizabeth's death, and six days before the Obamas return to the White House to unveil their White House portraits.
Barack's portrait with its all white background, perhaps symbolizing the All ( Pan) AND the Nothing (Void )
Also the RED BRICK Texas School Book Depository in Dallas located on 411 Elm ( note the 11 address along with the date 11/22) also on the 33.
Hidden in plain sight.
Here's a very interesting copy and paste : ( article link below)
Red bricks form load-bearing walls, line chimneys, and adorn architecturally aesthetic facades of countless buildings around the world. Most common fired bricks are comprised of silica (SiO2), alumina, (Al2O3), and hematite (iron oxide, or Fe2O3)—the latter being responsible for its recognizable red color. Masons have relied on this ubiquitous and inexpensive construction material for thousands of years.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-bulletin/news/electrochemical-energy-storage-material-architecture-built-brick-by-brick
Biden's 'blood red' backdrop steals show in speech attacking MAGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeX3Vt41xfs&t=3s
I only know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub-a-dub-dub
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