There was a farmer, who had a dog, and Bingo was his name-o (1 Viewer)

[Foosball God]

Is Bingo the name of the farmer, or of the dog?

 

[Scoresman]

The dog.  Who names their kid Bingo?

 

[Foosball God]

Have you been to the effed up names thread?

Clearly they are talking about the farmer, the anecdote is that the farmer has a dog.

 

[Scoresman]

But the people naming their kids these ####ed up names are ultra liberal, urban, gluten free millenials.   No farmer in back country Oklahoma is naming their son Bingo.  Bingo is the dog.  

 

[AAABatteries]

They are both named Bingo - :headexplode:

 

[jhib]

The dog is obviously Bingo because the farmer is a woman. 

It turns out her last name is Hubbard. 

 

[jhib]

Oh, and I didn't think there was ever a "who" in there.  

 

[Willie Neslon]

An early transcription of the song (without a title) dates from the 1785 songbook "The Humming Bird",[4] and reads: This is how most people know the traditional children's song:


The farmer's dog leapt over the stile,
his name was little Bingo,
the farmer's dog leapt over the stile,
his name was little Bingo.
B with an I — I with an N,
N with a G — G with an O;
his name was little Bingo:
B—I—N—G—O!
His name was little Bingo.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

So Bingo was a humming bird?

 

[Scoresman]

So Bingo was a humming bird?

Nope, Bingo was his name-o.