Editing Hitler Has Only Got One Ball (section)

== Second verse ==

According to [[folklorist]] Greg Kelley of the [[University of Guelph-Humber]], there is a less common second verse:{{sfn |Kelley |2020 |p=30}}
{{poemquote|Rommel has four or five, I guess,
No one's quite sure 'bout Rudolf Hess,
Schmeling's always yelling,
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all.}}

[[Erwin Rommel]], the decorated German [[field marshal]] known as the "Desert Fox", who was more respected (or at least less hated) than the Nazi officials named in the first verse, is implied to be hypermasculine by virtue of having extra testicles ([[polyorchidism]]).{{sfn |Kelley |2020 |p=30}}

This verse's second line is a reference to the mystery surrounding the capture and imprisonment in 1941 of Hitler's deputy, [[Rudolf Hess]]. Hess secretly flew to Scotland to attempt to negotiate a peace treaty, but was arrested by the British and imprisoned for life.{{sfn |Kelley |2020 |pp=30-31}}

The third line is an American addition referencing German boxer [[Max Schmeling]], whose success was touted by Nazi propaganda as evincing Aryan superiority.
Schmeling was defeated in 1938 by African-American boxer [[Joe Louis]], "letting out a high-pitched cry" when Louis landed a decisive punch. This "yell heard around the world" became a symbol of American victory over Nazism.{{sfn |Kelley |2020 |pp=31-32}}

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File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1977-018-13A, Erwin Rommel(brighter).jpg | Erwin Rommel {{nowrap|("four or five, I guess")}}
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-0313-507, Rudolf Hess.jpg | Rudolf Hess {{nowrap|("no one's quite sure")}}
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-09348, Max Schmeling.jpg | Max Schmeling {{nowrap|("always yelling")}}
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