“Took ballet” – MD, in the DC metro area
Got away, Upstate New York
Got Away from Northeast Ohio in the late 80s and early 90s.
took ballet! long island, ny
I’ve heard both - mid-Atlantic, mid-1990s. There’s a thread about this on the Straight Dope message boards, and the...
Took ballet, Long Island, NY :)
GOT AWAY! Saskatchewan, north/central
Both, but usually “got away”. Los Angeles area, California
Both, but usually ballet; Alberta
took ballet, Long Island
took ballet; also saskatchewan, but southern.
Got away; central Texas.
I’m from New Zealand.. and we used to sing: “Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg. Super Granny lost her fanny...
In Australia, it was just “the batmobile lost its wheel, all on christmas day”. Iirc the joker was never mentioned.
Took ballet; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Took ballet, Southern Ontario.
I don’t recall there being a part after “Robin laid an egg” but maybe I just have a short attention span XD (Also from...
Ok I’m not sure if I’m missing something huge here, but I remember other kids singing “Jingle Bells, Batman smells,...
Got away, Hey! New York, U.S.A.
He got away - eastern Nebraska :)
The Joker got away, Tennessee, USA
Got away, southern New York
Took ballet, Oregon USA (Northwest)
Got Away, southern Idaho
got away! Southeastern Kentucky:D I had never even heard of ballet version till 2 years ago lol
Got away, Southern Michigan.
got away, also central Texas.
Got away, central Texas.
It was always “Joker ran away” for me. I’m from the Pacific Northwest, but (in a move that might really mess up your...
Chattanooga, TN. I’ve heard it both ways.
I clearly remember it not being consistent. It was sometimes “got away”, sometimes “did ballet” and sometimes “did swan...
Got Away in Oakland.
Did ballet, from Pennsylvania / Maryland / West Virginia area. I didn’t hear the “get away” version until years later.
In Indiana we were taught it as “Ran Away.” There was also some variation in the third verse, where it was either “The...
the joker got away down in central illinois. seems to work out the same in chicago from what i’ve heard.
“Got away” in central Ohio in the late 90s/early 00s.
Heard both variations in Southeast Texas. -Lucy
It was always “And the batmobile lost a wheel” in NYC
“Got away” in San Diego in the 90s.
Only ever heard the “got away” variant growing up in a suburb of Sacramento, CA in the 90’s.
I only ever heard the “…and the Joker got away” variant of the “Batman Smells” kid-meme (in southern Connecticut in the...