This is the best forum I've ever found. Providence invited me, via Google! (haven't even set up a profile, yet)
Incidentally, your quote reminds me of a chant that little girls used to do in school, for cheering a playing team. This is when "can-cans" (wide & full petticoat slips) were the fashion to wear:
"Sittin' in the bandstand
Beatin' on our can-can's
Who can?
WE CAN,
Nobody else can...
Yay!"
(cute memory)