to have done so—versions about Fulton and a girl named Helen—date to the 1950s. Later versions developed by embellishment: adding, removing, and adjusting stanzas involving kissing, boys in bathrooms, a little black boy, bras, King Arthur, questions and lies, German spies, raving aunts, and so forth. While the initial stanzas were fairly stable by the late 20th century, the folklorist Josepha Sherman noted that two unrelated children in 1990s New York took the change from "Miss Lucy" to "Ms. Lucy" for granted. An adaptation—"Miss Lucy had some leeches"—has been recorded by Emilie Autumn and another—"Mrs. Landers was a health nut"—featured in the South Park episode "Something You Can Do with Your Finger". Lyrics Numerous versions exist, varying across time and regionally. One version is: Miss Susie had a steamboat, The steamboat had a bell, Miss Susie went to heaven, The steamboat went to... Hello Operator, Please dial Number 9, And if you disconnect me, I'll kick you from... Behind the 'frigerator, There lay a piece of glass, Miss Susie sat upon it, And cut her little... Ask me no more questions, I’ll tell you no more lies, The boys are in the bathroom, Zipping up their... Flies are in the backyard, The bees are in the park, Miss Susie and her boyfriend Are kissing in the D-A-R-K Dark, dark, dark D-A-R-K D-A-R-K dark dark dark Dark is like a movie, A movie’s like a show. A show is like a TV screen, And that is all I know I know I know my mother, I know I know my pa. I know I know my sister With the forty acre bra. Additional common lyrics Another version, from the early 1900s, begins as follows: Mary had a steamboat The steamboat had a bell Mary went to Heaven And the steamboat went Toot Toot."Tuyere Blasts". Iowa Transit. October 1924. See also "Bang Bang Lulu" JibJab#The JibJab Year in Review 2008 "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" "Miss Lucy had a baby" "Mary Mack" References Children's street culture Clapping games Playground songs Vaudeville songs American folk songs Songs about fictional female characters Traditional children's songs Songwriter unknown Year of song unknown