Black Socks
Black Socks Lyrics
Black socks, they never get dirty
the longer you wear em the blacker they get
Sometimes I think I should change em but something keeps telling me
Oh no not yet ... not yet
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Black Socks Alternative Lyrics
Alternative version
Black socks, they never get dirty.
The longer you wear 'em, the stiffer they get.
Sometimes, I think of the laundry,
But something inside me says "Don't send them yet"
Another version
Black socks they never get dirty,
the longer you wear them the stronger they get
Sometimes I think I should launder them
Something keeps telling me do it right right now!
Yet another version
Black socks, they never get dirty.
The longer you wear them, the blacker they get.
Sometimes I think of the laundry;
But something keeps telling me don't wash them yet not yet, not yet, not yet...
One more
Black socks they never get dirty
the longer you were them the stronger they get
Sometimes I think I should wash them
but something keeps telling me Not yet not yet not yet
Another Version
They never shut up
The more that you shush them
The louder they get
Sometimes I think about muzzles
But something inside me says
Oh no, not yet
Here is another version of the song:
Black Socks they never get dirty
the longer you wear them
the blacker they get
Someday I think I should wash them
but something keeps telling me don't do it yet
not yet, not yet, not yet
Information About Black Socks
The original version of this song was written as a love letter by an English salior to his sweetheart in the late 1700s. The parody of this song was the black socks versoin which was written in the early 1920s.
An Interesting Game With This Song Sent By Bussongs.com Reader:
Eeryone is made to stand in a group. Hold hands and sing this song and then we say "Do you love your neighbor?" "It" (who is standing in the middle) says "Yes, I love my neighbor. Especially the ones that... (ex. wear blue)". Everybody that fits this description runs across the middle of the circle to a different spot without getting tagged by "it". Game continues with a new "it" and the singing of "Black Socks".
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User Comments Black Socks (28)
By Marianne from Usa on 12 April 2009
! aight, none of these r the right lyrics....its:! black socks, ! they never get dirty, the longer you wear them, the blacker they get.! sometimes, i think i should wash them but something inside me keeps saying not yet, not yrt, not, yet, not yet..... !
By Lexi from Canada on 21 April 2009
This has been a favorite of my whole family since I was very young and I'm now teaching them to my younger siblings. Thanks for helping me remember.
By Sharon from Hamilton, Canada on 8 May 2009
! Yet another version from from Girl Guides 1972 ! ! Black socks they never get dirty! The longer you wear them the stronger they get! Some times I think I should laundry them! Something keeps telling me no, no, not yet, not yet,not yet !
By Heather from Nova Scotia on 13 June 2009
Here's a new verse I made up to add to the old one: Black socks Black socks are terrific They're not too specific They're always in style Whether It's casual or formal They always look normal So wear them and smile a smile a smile
By Serina from Canada on 13 June 2009
isn't it: Black socks the longer you were them the blacker they get, sometimes i think i should wash them but something keeps telling me no no not yet....
By Kelly from California on 13 June 2009
The one I know is similar to the last one in the alternate versions. It is: Black socks, they never get dirty The longer you wear them the blacker they get. Someday, I think I may launder them But something keeps telling me don't do it yet.
By Toni from Boondocks , Wv on 9 August 2009
black socks they never get dirty the longer you wear them the smellier they get sometimes i think i should wash them but something inside me keeps saying not yet not yet
By Greggy from Croydon on 13 November 2009
I have NEVER in my 60 years heard this song. This is highly innapropriate and racist.
By Miranda from Des Moines on 10 December 2009
At camp we sang this: Black socks, they never get dirty the longer you wear them the blacker they get. Some day i think i might wash them but something inside me says don't do it yet not yet, not yet. White socks they alwyas get dirty, the longer you wear them the dirtier they get. someday i think i might wash them, but sonthing inside me says don't do it yet not yet, not yet Green beans they never get eaten, the longer they sit there the greener they get. someday i think i might eat them, but something in side me says don't do it yet not yet, not yet Girl Scouts, they never stop singing, The longer they sing the LOUDER THEY GET! Someday, i think i might stop them, but sonething inside me says don't do it yet. not yet, NOT YET!
By Jade from Florida on 2 June 2010
Dear Greggy in Croydon, I assure you it is not intended to be racist. My cross country running team sings this. It's just about what it says... Black socks. No reference to people of the black race...
By Marcia from Inverness Scotland on 14 June 2010
we sing: Black socks, they never get dirty, the longer you wear them, the stronger they get, sometimes I think I should launder them, something inside me keeps saying no no not yet, not yet...
By Hussein from Canada on 16 July 2010
at my camp we sing: Black socks they never get dirty the longer you were them the stronger they get Sometimes I think I should wash them but something keeps telling me Not yet not yet not yet
By Katie from Katy, Texas, North America on 21 August 2010
At my camp--in California-- we sing it like this: Black socks they never get dirty the longer you wear them the cleaner they get, someday I think I may wash them but something's been telling me don't do it yet, not yet, not yet, not yet.
By Alannah from Canada on 23 October 2010
The version I learned in girl guides when I was like six was " black socks, they never get dirty, the longer you wear them the shorter they get. Sometimes I think I might wash them but something inside me says " not yet, not yet, not yet..". I think the real version is supposed to be " the stronger they get" because they smell worse and worse because they haven't been washed. Black socks don't actually get blacker, they get browner but they suuurrreee do keep smelling worse and worse!
By Meaghan from Canada on 17 November 2010
black socks they never get dirty, the longer you wear them the stronger they get. sometimes i think i should wash them but something inside me says oh no not yet, not yet....
By Meghan from United States on 29 November 2010
black socks, they never get dirty, the longer you wear them the stronger they get; sometimes, I think I should wash them, but something inside me keeps saying not yet, not yet, not yet... from a camp in Connecticut.
By No Name from United States on 9 January 2011
in my chorus they say 'black socks they never get dirty the longer you wear them the black they get. someday i'll probaly launder them something keeps telling me dont do it yet, not yet not yet'
By Narda from Australia on 11 February 2011
it should be the longer you wear them the stronger they get
By Cake from United States on 26 February 2011
My choir teacher taught it as Black socks, they never get dirty, the longer you wear them the blacker they get. Sometimes i think i should launder them, but something keeps telling me don't do it yet.
By Pie from United States on 26 February 2011
no racism intended but i know someone who made a parody: Black slaves they always get dirty the longer u work them the blacker they get sometimes i think i should free them but something keeps telling me don't do it yet
By Stephanie from United States on 2 September 2011
god dam i got that song stuck in my head
By Bobbi from United States on 13 October 2011
I was tought it was green socks the longer you wear them the stronger they get some time i think i might wash them but something inside me keeps saying not yet this was a Girl scout version
By Madeleine from Australia on 7 February 2012
In Macapella (my school choir) we use Black Socks as a warm up - varying the pitch, volume, speed and notes. But it is a different version to all of those; "black socks they never get dirty the longer you wear them the better they get, sometimes I think I should wash them then something inside me says don't do it yet, not yet, not yet, not y-et"
By Annasophia from United States on 1 May 2012
I am wearing black socks today! I had to sing this in Chorus for a warm up!
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By Chelsea from Canada on 18 December 2008
Hi, i'm in junior high & Pathfinders.. I first found out about thsi song when I was at my last camp and I just had to find it to sing for my self.. Thanks BusSongs.com