What is the origin of the saying "Liar Liar Pants on Fire"?

Answer 1

I found two different sayings of this:

Liar, liar, pants on fire, hang them up on telephone wire. (Said to a lying child)" This is a "derisive rhyme" used by children. "Tradition teaches the child to use sayings in certain situations to make a point emphatically. Such sayings can provide a quick and easy response to the taunt of another child, or a powerful demonstration of the child's stand. The sayings contain a collective wisdom that exerts a certain amount of pressure on children. In other cases, sayings offer a form of play with words; children use the traditional structure of such sayings to play with the rhythm, rhyme, and meaning of words to draw attention to themselves."
From "American Children's Folklore: A Book of Rhymes, Games, Jokes, Stories, Secret Languages, Beliefs and Camp Legends for Parents, Grandparents, Teachers, Counselors and All Adults Who Were Once Children" by Simon J. Bronner (August House Inc., Little Rock, Ark., 1988).

I believe that "liar liar, pants on fire" derived from a true event. Someone was smoking a cigarette who wasn't suppose to, and put it in their pocket (to hide the cigarette) when spotted. When the person that noticed that person smoking approached them, they noticed their pants were on fire. Hence the saying "liar liar, pants on fire."

Answer 2

The origin of the phrase "Liar, liar, pants on fire, hang them up on telephone wire" has been tough to track down, but this derisive rhyme was most likely said first by an adult to a lying child, and later the child began to use the phrase. American Children's Folklore: A Book of Rhymes, Games, Jokes, Stories, Secret Languages, Beliefs and Camp Legends for Parents, Grandparents, Teachers, Counselors and All Adults Who Were Once Children, by Simon J. Bronner asserts that "tradition teaches the child to use sayings in certain situations to make a point emphatically. Such sayings can provide a quick and easy response to the taunt of another child, or a powerful demonstration of the Child's stand." It is something children enjoy, a play on words if you will.

Answer 3

It comes from a rock song from the '60's! LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE...YOU'RE NOSE IS LONGER THAN A TELEPHONE WIRE..

Some girl group. ;p NO! The chorus is girls, the group is guys.. men type creatures.

Answer 4

Your going to get burnt if you lie.

Answer 5

kids rhyming taunt