The Thing-Ummy Bob
"The Thing-Ummy Bob" is a 1942 song which was written by Gordon Thompson and David Heneker which celebrates the production line worker of World War II making components for complex weapons to win the war.[1] Its chorus is
I'm the girl that makes the thing
that drills the hole that holds the ring
that drives the rod that turns the knob
that works the thing-ummy bob
"It's a ticklish sort of job
making a thing for a thing-ummy-bob
Especially when you don't know what it's for
But it's the girl that makes the thing
that drills the hole that holds the spring
that works the thing-ummy-bob that makes the engines roar.
And it's the girl that makes the thing
that holds the oil that oils the ring
that works the thing-ummy-bob that's going to win the war."
making a thing for a thing-ummy-bob
Especially when you don't know what it's for
But it's the girl that makes the thing
that drills the hole that holds the spring
that works the thing-ummy-bob that makes the engines roar.
And it's the girl that makes the thing
that holds the oil that oils the ring
that works the thing-ummy-bob that's going to win the war."
"The Thing-Ummy Bob", a British song made popular by Gracie Fields[1]
A thingumabob or thingummy is an extended form of the word thing which the Oxford English Dictionary records being used as far back as 1751.[2]
The song was popularised by performers Arthur Askey and Gracie Fields.[3]
References
- Bush Jones, John (2006). The Songs That Fought the War: Popular Music and the Home Front, 1939-1945. Brandeis University Press. ISBN 1584654430. (Google Books)
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2009
- Craig Gerrard, The Foreign Office and Finland, 1938-1940
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