# Cracker Jack Jingle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-jack-jingle/57257>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 8, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-jack-jingle/57257 "2001-03-08T19:53:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-jack-jingle/57257/1 "2001-03-08T19:53:16Z")

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CrackerJack had a TV commercial 20-30 years ago that’s been running through my head ever since, but many of the words are lost in the mists of time…

It begins,  
\*  
What do you want when you gotta have somethin’  
And it’s gotta be sweet  
And it’s gotta be a lot  
And you gotta have it now?

What do you want?

(Allegro)

Lip-smackin’  
Whip-crackin’  
ummm…errrr…  
CrackerJack!

Candy-coated popcorn, peanuts & a prize…that’s what you get with CrackerJack!  
\*  
And there might’ve been a second verse, but it’s even farther gone.

Can anybody fill in the gaps?

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**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-jack-jingle/57257/2 "2001-03-08T20:16:34Z")

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[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang\_en|lang\_fr&safe=off&q="cracker+Jack"+AND+jingle](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en%7Clang_fr&safe=off&q=%22cracker+Jack%22+AND+jingle)

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**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-jack-jingle/57257/3 "2001-03-08T20:22:07Z")

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Something went wrong when I copied the URL (there shouldn’t be any space between the last ‘e’ and ‘jingl’)

Just go to the Google ([google.com](http://google.com)) search engine, and type:

> [@](#):
>
> “Cracker Jack” AND jingle