I Used to Work in Chicago J. Kenneth Larson has in his "Barnyard" omnibus a fragment of this from Southeastern Idaho, collected between 1920 and 1952. It is given as a "vulgar stanza learned from grade school children." (p. 43) When I was in Chicago, I worked in a department store; I worked in a hosiery department -- I did, but I don't anymore. A lady came asking for garters. I asked her what kind she wore. She pulled up her dress and said, "Rubber." I did, but I don't anymore.