# help me identify this song from (maybe) 1970s Saturday morning TV programming **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 14, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song-from-maybe-1970s-saturday-morning-tv-programming/168665 "2003-04-14T16:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![regnad\_kcin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song-from-maybe-1970s-saturday-morning-tv-programming/168665/1 "2003-04-14T16:24:59Z")
I play in a Jazz trio. Our trumpet player brought a song to rehearsal about a year ago, saying it was “Schoolhouse Rock or something”. This song is apparently NOT Schoolhouse Rock. In fact I cant find its origin anywhere. Here are the lyrics he sings: My golly, a lollypop is following me And I really don’t know what to do My golly, a lollypop is following me And I really don’t know what to do You might think it’s silly To run willy-nilly When a lollipop follows you When a big yellow lollipop - GOLLY - follows you Does anyone know where this comes from? ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song-from-maybe-1970s-saturday-morning-tv-programming/168665/2 "2003-04-14T16:27:36Z")
Holy cow! I was just thinking of that song the other day! I am fairly certain that it comes fromthat classic 1970’s creation of the Children’s Television Workshop known as “The Electric Company”. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song-from-maybe-1970s-saturday-morning-tv-programming/168665/3 "2003-04-14T16:39:39Z")
[And **scotandrsn** nails it.](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=My+golly%2C+a+lollypop+is+following+me&btnG=Google+Search) First link on the page. I can’t make it work to the Yesterdayland site, though. ---
**Author:** ![regnad\_kcin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song-from-maybe-1970s-saturday-morning-tv-programming/168665/4 "2003-04-14T17:03:47Z")
Wow! You guys are fast! Is this song on the internet somewhere? Or anywhere, for that matter? I sure would like to hear it, but I cant seem to find anything on Google other than the non-working Yesterdayland link. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song-from-maybe-1970s-saturday-morning-tv-programming/168665/5 "2003-04-14T17:17:48Z")
Great – now **I’ve** got that song stuck in my head. There are some songs [here](http://www.joerenzetti.com/tec/), although not that one (but the site apparently changes the MP3s on offer every week). You might also try the [Electric Company tribute site](http://mywebpages.comcast.net/davechad/ec.html) for other favorites (but alas, no lollipop song there either). Speaking of The Electric Company, for years people thought I was mad when I tried to explain “For Love of Chair” to them (“What about Naomi?!?”), and accused me of making the whole thing up. My sanity may still be in question, but not about that. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song-from-maybe-1970s-saturday-morning-tv-programming/168665/6 "2003-04-14T17:19:28Z")
Oh, and Tom Lehrer’s songs for the show (“L-Y”, “Silent E” and so forth) are now out on CD with the rest of his collected works. ---
**Author:** ![regnad\_kcin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song-from-maybe-1970s-saturday-morning-tv-programming/168665/7 "2003-04-15T20:29:18Z")
So I take it there is no way I am ever going to hear the original version of this song. How disappointing… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song-from-maybe-1970s-saturday-morning-tv-programming/168665/8 "2003-04-15T21:08:18Z")
Not unless that first site I mentioned puts it up as one of their weekly MP3s. Or you could write to either of the sites to ask them if they have it. You never know.