# Mr. Softee

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-softee/44639>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 8, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-softee/44639 "2000-12-08T15:56:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-softee/44639/1 "2000-12-08T15:56:00Z")

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I had asked this before a long time ago, but in MPSIMS. I figured I’d let the experts take a crack at this.

Here in the mid-Atlantic states, there is an ice cream company called Mr. Softee. Their trucks play a very distinct tune. If you ever lived here, or even visited for any lenght of time during the summer, you probably know what song I’m talking about.

My questions: Who wrote it? What is it’s name? Can I get a copy of it to put on my answering machine?

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**Author:** ![Hokienautic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@Hokienautic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokienautic)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-softee/44639/2 "2000-12-08T16:15:53Z")

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Was it possibly Turkey in the Straw? Go to [http://members.aol.com/divtune/turkey.htm](http://members.aol.com/divtune/turkey.htm) to listen to it (warning: Audio page) and imagine it sped up a bit. Does that sound right?

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-softee/44639/3 "2000-12-08T16:55:04Z")

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No, it’s not Turkey in the Straw. There are other ice cream trucks that play TITS (hee hee), but this is not the Mr. Softee song.

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**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-softee/44639/4 "2000-12-08T17:07:56Z")

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Here’s the sheet music. I suppose you could record yourself playing it:

[http://www.mistersoftee.com/music.asp](http://www.mistersoftee.com/music.asp)