na na na na na na

[John Campbell]

Does anybody have any information about the following?

NA NA NA NA NA NA
also known as NA NA NA NA BOO BOO
also known as NYA NYA NYA NYA NYA NYA

This taunting phrase, properly pronounced, sounds like, "ring around the rosy."

What's the origin? How universal is it? For whom does this phrase have meaning?

Anybody! Please help! Any articles?  Any papers?

Thank you.

John Campbell
john at memory-lane.com

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